For Saraí
Lauren Peat
At five hours old his name has eclipsed
all the language we’d been learning:
ultrasound, breech birth, ventilation.
Watching his eyelids crinkle open,
fist dimpled like a pod of fava beans.
Holding his tiny body, root of a new verb;
holding breath, our conjugation.
all the language we’d been learning:
ultrasound, breech birth, ventilation.
Watching his eyelids crinkle open,
fist dimpled like a pod of fava beans.
Holding his tiny body, root of a new verb;
holding breath, our conjugation.
Co-Editors Daniel Hardisty and Madeline Gilmore invited Translation Editor Lauren Peat to share her work with Volume in celebration of her recent chapbook, Future Tense.
Lauren Peat’s debut poetry chapbook, Future Tense, was published by Baseline Press in 2024. Her poems, essays, and translations have appeared in Arc Poetry Magazine, Asymptote, Only Poems, The Malahat Review, The New Quarterly, and World Literature Today, among other places. Her writing is also featured in the repertoire of acclaimed vocal ensembles across North America. She lives in Vancouver, Canada.
Lauren Peat’s debut poetry chapbook, Future Tense, was published by Baseline Press in 2024. Her poems, essays, and translations have appeared in Arc Poetry Magazine, Asymptote, Only Poems, The Malahat Review, The New Quarterly, and World Literature Today, among other places. Her writing is also featured in the repertoire of acclaimed vocal ensembles across North America. She lives in Vancouver, Canada.
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