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Lesley-Anne Evans | Speak in Now
Tags: Kelowna, Lesley-Anne Evans, poetry
Posted : February 9th, 2012 by TribeHouse
Speak in now
immediate, common vowels, consonants.
Let slush piles smolder. Is cracks the surface
ripples out and out again, meets
edges of sweet tansy, yellow iris, squirming dens
of otter kits along the muddy banks. Choke
back prophecy, promise only tangible. Wrench
now from ragged throat barbs of bloody words
that mean something. Now is red and pulsing
delicious. Like the split second when snowflake
bites flesh, when what was and is becomes
ice lake in open palm. Tongues of fire to
tease cracked lips, fill parched mouths with
epiphanies of I Am, white and wet and pure.
Speak in now
immediate. Purify mind of conjecture, possibility
be still. Tame body of moving, striving
be still. Speak in now
and know.
Written by Lesley-Anne Evans – a poet from Kelowna, BC. She writes a lot, submits occasionally, and often considers writing a book. Some of her poems can be found here: http://buddybreathing.wordpress.com/
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