Between Two Rivers

Skyward

Three poems.

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July 18, 2024

birds, disturbance, dVerse, free verse, jasmine, memory, oak tree, Poetry, rain, river, sparrows, starlings, swifts, thunderstorm, triversen
Eclipse

For G. C. With thanks to dVerse for the prompt, and to the late Alma Thomas for her remarkable artwork.

Alma Thomas, The Eclipse (1970). Acrylic on canvas. At the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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July 17, 2024

affection, Alma Thomas, color, dVerse, ekphrasis, memory, Painting, Poetry
Angular

On degrees of understanding.
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July 16, 2024

angles, climate, geometry, heat, New Jersey, New York, normal, Prose, temperature, weather
Frequency

A prose poem on regularity (by way of tea). With thanks to dVerse for the prompt.

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July 16, 2024

conversation, dVerse, exchange, frequency, habit, Poetry, Prose, prose poetry, routine, sameness
Entrenchment

On awakening in different places.

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July 15, 2024

awakening, Belgium, daybreak, entrenchment, Ghent, New Jersey, Poetry, sleep
Apostrophe

In Chinatown, Manhattan. Written in memory of my Aunt Hollie (1948-2023).

Bayard Street in Chinatown, Manhattan.
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July 14, 2024

absence, Chinatown, dVerse, family, loss, mourning, New York, Poetry
Inheritance

Another poem on the poetics of cultivation. In memory of my paternal grandmother (嫲嫲).

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July 13, 2024

formations, fruit, grandmother, memory, New York, peaches, Poetry, Queens, terroir, trees
Aurora

On the dawning of another day. With thanks to dVerse for the prompt.

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July 12, 2024

a l’arora, cardinal, dawn, daybreak, dVerse, New Jersey, Poetry
Vestigial (II)

More unplanned remnants.

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July 11, 2024

abstract expressionism, calligraphy, ink, moon, Photography, Poetry, remnants, traces, vestiges
Vestigial (I)

Traces of other paintings and poems.

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July 11, 2024

abstract expressionism, color, Painting, Poetry, rhymed verse, traces, vestige