September 28th, 2025
Winner: Weekly Poems Contest #13
by Anna Nike Leskowsky
Touched by late summer glory,
I connect the pieces –
a cottage built by my father
at Lake Studzieniczne in Poland
and my young dreams,
now imprinted on the blue canvas of Lake of Bays.
The images are multiplying
like ducklings that grew too fast
this summer in Dwight.
I can't distinguish them
from their parents anymore.
Is it my mother there,
painting watercolours with her skillful hands?
Our fingers meet in careful strokes
of autumn shadows,
marking the short days ahead of us.
The two distant visions
blossom with silver, gold,
and the readiness to fall asleep
when the time is right.
Biography of the Poet
Anna Nike Leskowsky is a Toronto-based journalist, poet, and a self-taught artist who came to Canada from Poland in 1990
and worked as an elementary school teacher, until she retired in 2018.
She has written articles, first-person essays, modern poetry, sonnets, and haiku.
Anna's writing and art have been featured in many Canadian and international magazines, such as Canadian Teacher Magazine,
Canadian Art Therapy Association Online Magazine Envisage, and The Secret Door –
a Toronto-based online critical arts and culture publication.
Anna's Wax Poetry and Art Artist Page:
waxpoetryart.com/artists/annanikeleskowsky.html
Keywords: end of summer, autumn of life
Previously Published in Weekly Poems:
"Coming Home" by Betsy Kahn
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