A Dragonfly on the Fishing Pole
A dragonfly perched on the fishing pole above waterfishing pole motionlessbait motionlessthe dragonfly motionlessIf I maintain thismotionless posea whole morning is about to pass byThe fishing pole above water does …
A dragonfly perched on the fishing pole above waterfishing pole motionlessbait motionlessthe dragonfly motionlessIf I maintain thismotionless posea whole morning is about to pass byThe fishing pole above water does …
What’s better than melting
into a chair, into yourself,
Autumn is ending here; nearby,
the numb park I regularly walk in
when we had lost everything
my father taught us to milk the cows
“Sound for me is an extension of memory. It’s a sensory-based container that can hold and recall the past, and because of that, it can haunt us.”—Mai Der Vang
“Will we survive the weather, or not? Will we move beyond the willful inertia of leaders in denial, still debating whether or not?”—Harryette Mullen
Shade is a Place by MaKshya Tolbert (Nov., Penguin) presents a dynamic, refreshing poetics of shade, which is not only one place but many places at many times. This debut …
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