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Category: Poetry

Two Poems

February 7, 2022January 24, 2022 psalteryandlyre

A grizzly snorts and scratches at the pulpit— / But I'm the only one who runs.

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Posted in PoetryTagged Blessed are the Fugitives of Sermons, Getaway, Gregory Brooks

Riverine

January 24, 2022January 20, 2022 psalteryandlyre

We pulse over the ledge— / split, rejoin. / Shimmy through log jam. / Jade the pool.

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Posted in PoetryTagged Chris Fithall, Glenelg River, Kelly Lenox, Riverine

In which I discover

January 17, 2022January 13, 2022 psalteryandlyre

At my niece’s / dance recital, the fact / that she plays / both Krishna / & Krishna’s lover—

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Posted in PoetryTagged In which I discover nothing, mogra, Vismai Rao

Covenant

January 14, 2022January 14, 2022 psalteryandlyre

Heavenly Father, I make of myself /            an offering. My God—or demon, / / I don’t much care—let me call you /             Lord and obey.

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Posted in PoetryTagged Covenant, Whitney Rio-Ross

the Word of God to the bao shop folk

January 3, 2022January 30, 2022 psalteryandlyre

let’s esteem each other highly / in this moment: some who are steaming and serving / some refueling

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Posted in PoetryTagged Kimbol Soques, the Word of God the bao shop folk

Frogging It

December 27, 2021December 20, 2021 psalteryandlyre

Refers to unraveling something knitted— / taking the yarn and pulling and pulling

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Posted in PoetryTagged Frogging It, Jeremy Collins, Maggie Blake Bailey, New Year, New Year's Day, New Year's Day 2022

White Flower

December 22, 2021December 21, 2021 psalteryandlyre

Further on, hills with their wayward / rolling, and below, the white clover / pulls through the greening. / Momentary holy. Moist dirt.

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Posted in PoetryTagged Lauren Camp, White Flower

Compline

December 13, 2021December 6, 2021 psalteryandlyre

At midday the light is the memory / of light—clipped grass, limbs of trees, your face, / all rinsed in a mild glow. 

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Posted in PoetryTagged Compline, Lynn Staley

Psalm

December 8, 2021December 9, 2021 psalteryandlyre

There won't be / an answer / I understand.

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Posted in PoetryTagged Brett Harrington, Celan, Psalm

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