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Am I breaking with the past? Is the past
so brittle it can break? How can I know?
This time, I jump through the fire alone.
I do not wed a man, I wed a place. Surface
through the smoke, mountain-born, naked
as a star. Finally whole.

Beltaine by Sophie Strand

#poetry #beltane

https://open.substack.com/pub/sophiestrand/p/spring-poems?r=3ok5e&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Spring Poems

(All Images used by Gordon Mortensen) Beltaine approaches and the floral exclamations begin to overlap until the air is loud, loud, loud with scent, color, pollen. Sending magic to all of you.

^{Sophie Strand (Make Me Good Soil)}

A Tree

I kind of want to be a tree. I want to be accepted for staying where I am and just being. Not expected to become a different tree with more leaves and a “better” tree title.

And maybe my growth is only seasonal. Maybe, sometimes, I’m just trying to survive the winter, and no one expects me to be in perpetual spring. And as my leaves color the landscape and capture your eyes, I show you there can be beauty in withering, even in death. I show you that you can still love me even when I struggle, or fail.

And people just accept me, as a tree. As me.

#poetry

Letter to the Person Who Carved His Initials into the Oldest Living Longleaf Pine in North America

by Matthew Olzmann

Tell me what it’s like to live without
curiosity, without awe. To sail
on clear water, rolling your eyes
at the kelp reefs swaying
beneath you, ignoring the flicker
of mermaid scales in the mist,
looking at the world and feeling
only boredom. To stand
on the precipice of some wild valley,
the eagles circling, a herd of caribou
booming below, and to yawn
with indifference. To discover
something primordial and holy.
To have the smell of the earth
welcome you to everywhere.
To take it all in and then,
to reach for your knife.

#poetry #nature #art

https://poetry.lib.uidaho.edu/poems/letter-to-the-person-who-carved-his-initials-into-the-oldest-living-longleaf-pine-in-north-america/

Did you know, April is National Poetry Month?

The Fediverse isn't short of poetic talent. If you're looking for some poetry to brighten your feed, check out @brianbilston or @bookgaga

Or if you want to create, why not grab a Haiku prompt from @dailyhaikuprompt and share your creation with our Books & Literature Community using #poetry

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#newsmast #fediverse #literature #poet #haiku

Today is the day!

The Lantern and the Night Moths, my debut book of translated modern Chinese poetry and essays on translation, is out from Invisible Publishing.

I'm so excited to be able to share this book with all of you.

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#Poetry #Translation #NameTheTranslator #诗 #翻译

https://invisiblepublishing.com/product/the-lantern-and-the-night-moths/