Poetry Issues has skipped a beat and there is no July-August issue. However, this is for a good reason besides the holiday slack. I was invited by Alex Witter to participate in a mail-art exhibition and I've been busy answering the hard question posed by the theme: "What makes you happy?"
Silence
A rare walk-in gem
shutting out the noise.
A meditation as deep
as death, with openings
from where to emerge fearless
and wise. Darkness as peace
for wild, overexposed eyes.
Wild Flowers
They come uninvited.
Pink and purple perseverance.
Hideous unsanctioned seeds
making no plea to the bees.
I let them take over the garden.
It’s always the stranger
that moves you forward.
Driving
I get this funny feeling
that there’s enough air
in my lungs, the certainty
that we will make it.
Brush strokes rushing
past, tangled in your hair
the world, a bonfire simile
lit by midday heat.
If you try breathing
your body simply dares
to ache, making getaway
from its weary myths.
Your Laughter
Not the reserved, polite one
but the one that gushes out
letting your teeth show
thrusting your head back
blocking your breath –
bouncing
from wall
to wall. An echo
fighting dust from dust to dust.
Alex Witter has set up a great inventory of all artists and works participating in this upcoming exhibition, where you'll find amazing work from artists from all over the world.