Slow Waltz
The star chart blinked like beacons splashing across the strewn-water horizon,
outside and crossing chevron nights through wanderlusting glass.
With one stitch and becoming a cross of arms,
the rhythm-scrape of foot soles on plank again and cut turf, we turn up.
In odd places,
winding down a meadow staircase and freezing a glacier stare in time,
between us and echo,
echo lost.
Follies in stepping too soon.
Carter Vance
Carter Vance is a writer and poet originally from Cobourg, Ontario, Canada and currently resides in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. His work has appeared in The Smart Set, Contemporary Verse 2, and A Midwestern Review, amongst others. He was previously a Harrison Middleton University Ideas Fellow. His latest collection of poetry, Places to Be, is currently available for purchase at Moonstone Arts Press.