Poetry Pick

SWEPT by Marianne Paul

Learn river from inside out flow through the middle instead of walk along the edges read water like a child reads print - decode the      symbols on the page find meaning beneath the surface leave behind the calm eddy, cross into swift waters      where nothing stays still: aim the bow one o'clock upstream peel      outward lean deep into crescent moon, let the current sweep downstream through the arc of its own doing water speaks volumes churns secrets tells of things      hidden body responds hip and knee lift - paddle blade arcs wide kayak slips past boulders above and below the waterline From ABOVE AND BELOW THE WATERLINE (Bookland Press, 2011)

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