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Three poems by marcia arrieta

Marcia Arrieta

rosario / credit: de
rosario / credit: de

the words

the words appear like sunlight      visible lines of wind & dust
luminous incantations of the Sacred Valley, of the Sedona desert

I draw the tree close to the river

the continuity of music    the precise contour of life     like the individual
fatigued yet continuing          the velocity     —     indefinable      precise

 

the red thread

makes its way through

the streets of Mexico City

dissolves time

questions the sky

weaves orange & yellow

adds green & purple

listens for the angel Gabriel

embroiders water

walks through the bosque

paints eternity

frees pages from books

 

trying to organize the years

gingkoes & snowflakes     roses grow up the fence

timelines become important     mirrors break

there are no limitations         minutes become hours

The Catcher in the Rye         Slaughterhouse Five

snowy owl & bear          the monarch butterfly

Fromm’s The Forgotten Language
 
 
could we dream the answer?

Marcia Arrieta

Marcia Arrieta's recent work appears in Word For/Word, Barrow Street, Eratio, Osiris, Synaeresis, Icarus Anthology, Clockwise Cat, Lines + Stars, Shuf, Daphne, and Of/With.

She has two poetry collections—archipelago counterpoint (BlazeVOX) and triskelion, tiger moth, tangram, thyme (Otoliths), and has a chapbook forthcoming from Dancing Girl Press.

She edits and publishes Indefinite Space, a poetry/art journal.

Author: Marcia Arrieta Tags: poetry Category: Poetry December 28, 2018

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