Saturday, August 13, 2011

A poem in Chronogram Magazine

My poem, "Long Island Sound", is in the August, 2011 edition of Chronogram Magazine:




Long Island Sound


The same swans waiting
Year after year
long black beaked
We are still walking
Each time the sky is different
Orange, ridged in black
My arms floating
He prances up through the grass
Steps back in that moment
Criss-crossing the sand
He looks for me

You said she lay in your arms
Wind flowing through the promise of
Beautiful white breasts
Your hand across her small oval stone
Slices of blue on light
That crease and cause the fusion

Then, it all passes

Vanishing into the future of pregnancy and birth
Apocalypse

Others, tossing their sex into each other’s nets
Year after year, successfully loving
Successfully married couples, coupling

While the feeble fail
Skimming small waves
Licking the edge of sand
Licking the broken oar
A dark cloud rises





1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This was an amazing simple read for me, it made me feel like crying at the end!! licking the broken oar wow great stuff, living single is not as sexy as this btw I so miss women such as you that just get it with the natural world, what u feel is what you are, your words have described so much more. Thanks 4 real