Language as a Way Home
Poet. Storyteller. Rememberer.
I TOLD NO ONE AND STILL, IT IS TRUE
I am small,
growing beside a river
until I’m a switchblade of truth
I lay down in honesty and
remember how the sky starts
to bruise without ever being touched
much like I have done
look at me,
breathing underwater
a tiny pink fist of a lung
gasping for someone to hear her
NICOLE DALCOURT is an award-winning Canadian writer and poet living on the outskirts of Toronto, Ontario. Her debut poetry collection, What Remains, uses a confessional voice to explore themes of grief, heartbreak, rebirth and belonging. Dalcourt’s work has appeared in Writerly Magazine, The King City Mosaic and on Howl Radio and the Viewless Wings Podcast. When not writing, Nicole hosts and participates in open mics around the region and pursues her passion for teaching poetry skills through in-person and online workshops.
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Read My New Book
Some stories aren’t told all at once – they unravel in fragments, in the remembering of the past and in the deep, often unspoken grief, that shapes who we become. IN THIS STUNNING DEBUT COLLECTION, award-winning Canadian writer and poet Nicole Dalcourt takes us on a journey from the tangled roots of childhood, to the quiet complexities of adulthood, exploring the pain we must sometimes carry through life.
What Remains is for anyone who has ever mourned a person, a place, a version of themselves — and wondered how to begin again. At its core, this collection of poetry is a testament to the resilience it takes to keep reaching for love and for healing, and documents the tender process of becoming whole again.
