Atlantic Canada Poetry Magazine –

"Snow Angels" by Catherine A. MacKenzie

(Advertisement)

Title image shows a lighthouse atop a green plateau, overlooking a rocky red-sand beach and blue ocean.

Home | Submissions | Published | About


Published January 15th, 2025

Snow Angels

by Catherine A. MacKenzie

My siblings and I played outside in the winter under the shade and sun, dug tunnels in the snow, tossed snowballs–

We were bold, thought nothing of the cold, built forts alongside the house into snow as high as the roof, higher than our father–

Before we knew of death, we spread-eagled on soft layers of snow, fanned our arms and legs, and when we stood, wide-winged angels glistened on the surface–

Our father was young then (monstrous we thought at the time), but when he lay dying, nurses thrust him higher on the bed for he was slowly disappearing into shrouds of white, and he knew then (if he didn't before) that he was on his way–

I see an angel now – angel shrouded in white, shimmering upon the snow–

I remember snow drifts I climbed and snow forts we dug and how our father towered over us until we towered over him–

My father: my last snow angel carving one last snow fort.


About the Poet
Catherine A. MacKenzie resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Read the poet's biography on Catherine A. MacKenzie's Artist Page.

This poem is included in Poetry World #11, published in the Wax Poetry and Art Library.

Previously published in Atlantic Canada Poetry Magazine:
This is the first poem published in Atlantic Canada Poetry Magazine.

Home | Submissions | Published | About

Atlantic Canada Poetry Magazine is part of the Wax Poetry and Art Network.
- Visit the main Wax Poetry and Art Submissions Page to see all opportunities.
- Visit the Wax Poetry and Art Library.
- This website and all contents ©Kirk Ramdath and specified artists.

(Advertisement) (Advertisement)