Epektasis
Poems from Liminal Ground
earlier poems
- THE RESSIE
- REASSIGNMENT
- SINGERSTRAẞE, BEFORE DEPARTURE
- VISITATION RIGHTS
- ACT OF GOD
- ACCURACY
- BORDER WEATHER
- LOW E
- STATIONS AT ELIBURN
- LAUNCH TEMPERATURE: 36°F
- MORE THAN EMPATHY
- BLACK ICE
- THE STONE IS STILL WARM
- RED SUITCASE BENEATH THE BRIDGE
- THE THIN HINGE
- WITHOUT MIRACLE
- INVENTORY
- PERMISSION
- ATTENTION
- THE LONG AFTER
- RESERVOIR
- CHEEK
- WHERE THE WIRES END
- THE COAT ON THE CHAIR
- STANDING WATCH
- LIFT AND LAND
- NIGHT GRAMMAR
- PRESSURE REPEATS
Category: Sequences
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I. ApproachOut of Ladywell’s woodI come unstitched from brick,from the mild tyranny of pavement,and enter the dark breathing soil.The playpark lifts itself first—a gentle moundconcealing the reservoiras palms cup water,not to hoardbut to offer.Crows cry from the canopy—rough bellsmarking the threshold.Then the bridge,the pond’s shallow eye,and sometimes the kingfisher—blue syllable of flame,so stillit tutors silence.Here…