By Leah Naomi Green
Take all summer,
your ember from the sun,
its walking meditation. Store it in small
vaults of light to …
your ember from the sun,
its walking meditation. Store it in small
vaults of light to …
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- By Natasha Raolusting and unafraid. In this bipedal incarnation
I have always been scared of my own ripening,
mother… - By Osip MandelstamToo black, too much indulged, living in clover,
all little withers, all air, all charity,
all crumbling… - By Jesús Papoleto MeléndezIf some nice person
Were to be walking by the front of my house
and would pick a flower from the breasts… - By Khaty XiongHere at my parents’ farm
trumpeting bees scoring in the ears
of all flowerkind
chilies and kabocha
… - By Nikki WallschlaegerMy fav event as harvest season approaches
is the rough seed that escaped the plots.
If there’s a cornfield… - By Arvind Krishna Mehrotra1
Close to each other,
socially undistanced,
the mulberry leaves,
uniformly green,
shall turn brown… - By James McMichaelThe Artichoke
She bore only the heart,
Worked at the stem with her
Fingers, pulling it to her,
And … - By Marion McCreadyA Mardi Gras of primroses line my driveway.
Pin-eyed, thrum-eyed, natural selection in action;
the … - By Sylvia Legris
part 1. uprooted the early sky
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Luminous flowers and luminous insects. Fire lilies and fireflies… - By Alyse KnorrBetween us bobs the baby, solemn in her infant wet suit.
The pool is the only place where
screaming … - By Carolyn GuinzioNeighbor, your mower
cast dust over the edge
where the field meets
the field, toy-sized ring-
necked… - By Susan StewartWho are you? Where are you hiding?
Were you thrown,
tumbling through space,
aleatory,
radiant, only… - By Divya VictorWe are on our knees. We are saying that the tulips have had it hard this week. We are saying something…
- By John KinsellaPollination against the seed to grow canopy
and mark place in shades of green—dry here to reflect
in… - By Fanny HoweMonostich: a long sentence
Sternum: a little chest
Heart: upside down
Location of the unconscious:
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A pepper of bees opens the pupils.An ensemble of aromaticsChorus aphrodisia, mariner’s root,… - By Karenne WoodWhen I learned I might have cancer,
I bought fifteen white lilies. Easter was gone:
the trumpets were… - By Tacey M. AtsittyJust when he thought to loom the backyard for bud &
Just when he came to admire, or thought to dote … - By Kiki PetrosinoI’ll conjure the perfect Easter
& we’ll plant mini spruces in the yard—
my pink gloves & your green …