I’m finally catching up on publications that happened earlier this year, when I was in Mexico. This is the first of two poems in the WOODLANDS anthology, edited by the wonderful d. ellis phelps. Also appearing in this anthology are poems by Stephanie L. Harper and Robert Okaji! The book is a terrific read, centered on themes of nature, magic, mystery and myth and can be purchased on Amazon US here or Amazon Canada here:
A couple of hundred miles up the coast
two weeks into a summer of cruising
we end our day of fishing with a movie.
But the shouting and shooting carve sharp
initials into the tree-deep silence here,
so I step outside, right onto the glittering
dance floor of an olive-black sky
on a clear, good night. My mind whirls,
words falling far away, then my fears,
then even the best of the best in me, all
dwarfed by this lavish sprinkling of stars:
confetti of the gods, tossed long ago upon
a lifted veil—marrying me now to the
faintest glimmer of worlds beyond ours.
I gaze, it seems forever, a moth burning
to remember a dream wings can’t forget.
I am thrilled to have this poem nominated for the Best of the Net 2017 Anthology by editor Cristina Norcross of the Blue Heron Review, where it appeared July 2016!
Lynne Burnett 