Narrow Bridge - Couverture souple

Robbi Nester

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1599487160 ISBN 13 : 9781599487168

Editeur : Main St. Rag Publishing Co., 2019

Synopsis

Sample Poems:

Mermaid to Woman



In the ocean’s wavering light,
seen from above, her body wears
a human form, and yet the mimicry
remains imperfect, her shape
resembling the swell and sudden
falling off of breakers in a storm,
striped teeth those of a parrot fish,
suitable for tearing flesh,
dorsal fin a frill between sharp
shoulder blades, wild octopus eyes.
All her life she sang ships straight
into the rocks, but could not help
pitying the sailors, far from home,
drawn by voices that promised
so much. A predator in love with her prey,
she envies their shapely calves,
longs to enfold them in her own
strong thighs, to scissor the waves
and step out on shore.
She’s only held their drowned
and swollen bodies.
Just once, she wants to touch
their living skin, to scrape the glittering
scales from her long arms, her hands.
She would give up anything,
her sweet voice, bright carpet of corals
and anemones, duets with whales
to be one of those alien others
striding the green world.




Fried Egg as Philosopher



Call me optimistic. I keep my one eye
always open, and have since the beginning
of that egg, the world.
At first, there was only
a pearly sea covering everything.
Darkness and light laid together
under a tree and made the stars.
Up close, they were hot and angry,
sizzling in the sky’s skillet. Far away,
they were cold and silent.

In the daytime, I watch the clouds, my
kin, both solid and liquid, taking
shape outside the window.
Sometimes they are small and quiet.
Sometimes the wind whisks them
into a loud froth. They touch the earth
with their hungry mouths, devouring
houses and cars, cows browsing in the field.
Then the sun’s yolk covers everything,
warm and nourishing, and the day
begins again.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Main St. Rag Publishing Co.
• Date d'édition: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1599487160
• ISBN 13: 9781599487168
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible