a
series of poems created
during Luke
Pell’s workshop at StAnza Poetry Festival 2019
~
“Outside in here”
paper
glares towards me
like
a drop of water encapsulates light
in
the morning
coffee
texture thick & hot
hands
back grasping minutes lost at night
minutes
in & for light
closing
the lid
like
a door.
Across
grass the quickness of a hail
journeying
its unwelcome presence;
~
“Between these skins”
smoother
surfaces arise
like
a Saturday bears the promise of a Sunday
and
lets itself dissolve
into
thin air
flowing
unaware
of its whereabouts
pacing
off
and
lifting on.
There’s
another place
where
day doesn’t turn into night as you dive.
~
“My words are movements in the world”
but
the world has flashed off
barely
noticed through its gravity
barely
observable.
Night
words
lullabies
singing
shapes into things melting away
for
they can no longer be.
Oh,
how can I drag you off your feet
while
you are sleeping
peacefully?
~
“My words are movements in the world”
flying
& shifting
like
rivers overflowed
taking
their space
routes
&
distances
from
familiar to not
from
mountains to seas
from
here to there
where
the wound lays.
My
words are awakening the sing
of
forgotten places
buried
underneath
the
smooth soil
the
smoother snow
for
now.
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