Poets for April: Sarah James, Nana Fredua-Agyeman, Kathleen Freeman, Ilona Martonfi, Oheri Otobo, Sondra Byrnes, Beth Winter, Andrew Boobier, Edward Rinaldi, Emma Hall, and Evelyn Adams.
Raindrop on a Red Leaf
By
Your hand cupping a spider, wrist trembling,
a thin branch in the wind,
or the lurch of lungs and stomach when a plane
takes off and the world falls away,
or the first bead of bone clearly conceived
from that scan’s black smudge.
Suspension of time itself, each moment’s
gasp of skin and lips
when the whole future balances,
as ours did, on the red leaves of two tongues.
Journey home
By
Cloud-marbled dusk
traffic scuffs the birds’ ca-carolling
Wind cartwheels stranded leaves
along subway walls
Tired feet slide on wet paving stone
glide over light reflections
skeleton trees beckon you
past the red and white glow
cars blurring into a distant
quiet beyond the horizon
the office shrinks
to a grey smudge behind you
Nana, the two poems are exquisite and full of food for thought. Congrats.
Beautiful work. Especially love these lines: "the go ahead and breathe it’s okay freedom found in this in-between time." That's one of my own favorite things about this time of day.
ahhh still love to read me and all these other poets... thanks Val!
Beth, These two poems are just a brief sampling of your extraordinary talent and mastery of words and imagery. You deserve recognition for your work and I'm glad it is happening. Wishing you continued success in your writing endeavors. Dennis
well not i'm really lost
oops, i called this wonderful poet Emma...sorry for that...but the sentiment still carries
Congratulations Emma...your poetry continues to life on strong wings...your words lead a natural rhythm, with delicate fingers sculpting the deep magic, the pleasure of life