Linked Forms, Sequences and Contrapuntal Poetry

River's Cry

Vanda blossoms

at the edge
of the descending graph
a red balloon string

for her post chemo

chilling rain –
lying in a heap
a mannequin

a long black wig

new diary ...
the mirror aligns
an erased path

Milan Rajkumar
&
Richa Sharma

Athens, Ohio Flood

my father waves for me
to stay back . . .
swirling floodwaters

inches above brown water
the kitchen table holds
our piano

the family dog
in a loft over the garage
still yipping

a carpet of muck
throughout the first floor
the smell of shit

floodwaters recede
a fish flop calligraphy
left in the mud

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Foxtail

follow the leader
through the snowy woods
my turn

harvested corn
enough moon
to keep her company

a field of foxtails
letting the dog
go