‘May Love Seize You’ by Anne Michaels
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The Bookshop hosted Anne Michaels in conversation with Bidisha on Monday 9 October 2017; her reading included the following new poem, ‘May Love Seize You’.
may love seize you
may the mountain pass always be open
may you continue to carry cases of champagne in the night streets
may you always know the company of animals, and sing to the cows and the crows
may you always read in bed with the ones you love most
may the flash of lightning illuminate a wild joy in your face even in the shipwreck
may you elude the hook of despair like a fish free in a stream
may nakedness be your best disguise
may the family of friends continue to save each other in the avalanche and in drought
may you always know ferocity, generosity
may you continue to shout defiance
may you stay awake until the beginning of the story
may you continue never to waste a moment, or a breath
may time never have its way with you
may first light bring an answer
may love seize you
