lark on the morn

Today I draw dark lines in charcoal on parchment so thin as to air. All gravities pull in your direction and the angles bend true, in teeth-branded skin and hurt so good.

Head wrapped in linen for better to see. My fingers dance liminal, waiting for the telegraph of dream. Can you see the words writ in water? The ripples cross my dark lines in coal drawn on angle to you.

Granites love your gravity, antlers turn their curves to thee.

And, it is in this I apprehend. Waiting on the morning lark to call you into being.

michael raven

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  1. Bob Avatar
    Bob

    “Granites love your gravity, antlers turn their curves to thee.” Excellent!!

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    1. michael raven Avatar
      michael raven

      Thanks as always, Bob.

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  2. shredbobted Avatar
    shredbobted

    I like your recent turn to a more prose/poetry form, Michael. Is it because you’ve been writing more prose, or just something you’re trying? The lyricism is really good, all those lines you’ve given us are working their way in.

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    1. michael raven Avatar
      michael raven

      I dabble now and again with prose poetry. I occasionally try to think of ways to carry it through for a full novella, but I think it might get tiresome as a reader if I did that, so I haven’t taken it in that direction. Yet, anyway — I might attempt it still.

      So I keep it short.

      My mind is more in “prosethink” the past few months. It’s a nice changeup in terms of challenge. Plus, at this rate, I might finally write a mostly not-awful novel length bit of fiction by the end of it. Or, I can pretend it is not-awful anyway 😂

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      1. shredbobted Avatar
        shredbobted

        Definitely. Steve For The Deaf suggested I read Under Milk Wood, the radio play by Dylan Thomas. I would call that prose poetry. It’s very good if you’ve never heard/read it.

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        1. michael raven Avatar
          michael raven

          I’ll have to check it out when I’m in more of a reading mood than I am currently.

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          1. shredbobted Avatar
            shredbobted

            Worth it.

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            shredbobted

            My first introduction to Dylan Thomas beyond “Do not go gentle into that goodnight . . .”

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