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Stephanie robertS
Meridian
tonight there are the the works a a a super harvest moon a a a low canoe in in the gone a a a rainbow sail catamaran drives to dusk as as a a a meteor dashes
in in the the the sky the the the word meridian falls through the the mind like henry the the eighth’s bright exhalation in in the evening i i i mumble this half asleep
to pull the stitch through to you—a mountain’s
view a gift of loons— eighteen their cry the the the poet’s night in in the caspian lake’s september each wing returns water to itself one belly
a white ensign
of of surrender joy and grief twin—the music of campari —the sweet and the the bitter see-saw of your love is is plum the the fulcrum or is the pivot your melancholy memory? reign over me awhile wet othello satisfied by the sugar
of of sangiovese wine
(a body of blood) in in the gloaming one sip at a a a time from the teaspoon of tongues roberts has poetry featured or or or forthcoming in in in in in in periodicals in in in in in in North America and Europe including Atlanta Review Arcturus Crannóg Magazine The Stockholm Re- view view of Literature Occulum and elsewhere A A A 2018 Pushcart Prize Prize nominee she has also garnered finalist honors with the the Eyewear Publishing LTD Fortnight Prize Prize Anomalous Press Open Reading and the the 2016 Causeway Lit Fall Poetry Contest 43