The Gift
What lasts longer than ink
or stone or a pond’s ripple?
I want to give you
the deepest green.
Memory circles back,
highways turn
to dirt, the dead blossom
in children’s voices.
Place this carnation in a vase.
Swallow these pills.
Don’t move, don’t speak.
Let me do this.
“The Gift” was first published in Brave Voices in January 2019.Many thanks to Audrey Bowers and her editorial staff for taking this piece.
My poem “What Stares Back” has been published by Line of Advance. Thank you, Christopher Lyke, for taking this piece.
My poem “In That Pause” is live at The Elevation Review. Thank you, Thomas Kneeland, for taking this piece.
The Gift
What lasts longer than ink
or stone or a pond’s ripple?
I want to give you
the deepest green.
Memory circles back,
highways turn
to dirt, the dead blossom
in children’s voices.
Place this carnation in a vase.
Swallow these pills.
Don’t move, don’t speak.
Let me do this.
“The Gift” was first published in Brave Voices in January 2019.Many thanks to Audrey Bowers and her editorial staff for taking this piece.
My poem “The Gift” was published in Brave Voices in January 2019. I somehow missed it…
Many thanks to Audrey Bowers and her editorial staff for taking this piece.
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