Songs to Fill the Air*

Janis La Couvée (Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada)

Note: The title of the poem, and the phrases “the ripple in still water” and “for my steps alone” are from the song Ripple by Grateful Dead.

Janis La Couvée (she/her) is a writer and poet with a love of wild green spaces, dedicated to conservation efforts in Campbell River, Canada—home since time immemorial to the Liǧʷiɫdax̌ʷ people. She is an alumna of the inaugural Fahmidan Literary Journal mentorship. Her work has been featured in Splendor of Wings (League of Canadian Poets chapbook), New York Writers Coalition’s Common Unity, and the New Feathers Anthology. Words in Griffel, Keeping the Flame Alive, Stickman Review, Feral Poetry, Humana Obscura, Thema, Home Planet News, among others. 

Find Janis online at janislacouvee.com; @lacouvee on Mastodon and Bluesky; @janislacouveeonline on Instagram and Facebook.