Anita Utas
Unwinding Memories
From my window, I gaze
At dove grey skies and bleached bone birch.
My memories unwind like a skein of yarn,
Dangling scenes and songs from my wooden spool.
I hold your cracked, blue cup
As if it had been painted by Vermeer
And had held a tisane of a thousand autumns.
It was the last thing you touched.
And now I bring it to my lips.
And now I swallow.
Anita Utas received a BA in Art History and a BEd from the University of Western Ontario. She has taught at international schools in Japan, Korea, Singapore and Venezuela; currently she lives in Ottawa. Her first young adult novel, The Summer Cat Caper, was published in 1997. This is her first published poem.
© Anita Utas
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