Po
Etching today’s
Atmosphere
Slant of sun
My own
Joy
And
Heart-
Break
Into the page
Nothing
Already in queue
Sharpened riffs
From life’s mess
Yesterdays more
Distant view
Left to
Further
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I really like the imagery this invokes.
Thank you!
Love the sounds in this poem, Eric! Also “Sharpened riffs/From life’s mess.” Good to read your work again.
Thanks, Sylvia!
Not Tesino, Po, Varo, Arno, Adige, or Tiber, Euphrates, Tigris, Nile, Hermus, Indus or Ganges, Don, Danube, Alpheus, Garonne, the sea-breaker Timavus, Rhône, Ebro, Rhine, Seine, Elbe, Loire, or Hebrus —
not ivy, fir, pine, beech, or juniper —could lessen the fire that wearies my sad heart as much as a lovely stream that from time to time weeps along with me
I love the way you use short lines and space to draw me down into the conclusion of this piece!