The Embroidery
In
the
intersection of
silence
and
a map of
hunger
you touch the sea
of
memory
where the bloodstream sang
a sparrow
the sky
bolted
over
the blackened
house
you inherited
Your land
pulses
the way
time & light
shape water
pass through spruce & stunted
wind
~ Erasure of Larry Levis’ poem “Irish Music”
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Amazing erasure! My favorite part is “spruce & stunted/wind.”
Thank you, Katrina!
Wow! “the way time and light shape water” is my favorite!
Thanks, Nancy!
So much to enjoy here!
“you touch the sea of memory where the bloodstream sang a sparrow…”
Thank you, Shaun!
Karen – Each one I read this June, I think “This is her best yet.” Then you go and up the game! I love “intersection of silence and a map of hunger.” What a space you create.
Thank you, Sylvia! Glad you’re enjoying them. I’m having fun writing them.