1 poem
uses of the kaleidoscope
skirting curfew in borrowed shoes.
be wild & be wildered.
the broken things tumbling in tubes of light.
she said there will be a lot of color corrections in my future.
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beyond the vague village
a falconer of no rank prepares the live bait
give them some plumage
and small bones.
he said small objects should be placed close to the aperture.
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…fox slips between the gloved flowers.
if the reflectors are kept separate, annular patterns are shown.
ink spatter of crows in the variegated field.
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mapping the thermals with kite & wing
perpendicular as breath to the spine.
leaf & folio.
paper cranes.
one thousand folds.
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quicksilvered
vertigo of loose fragments
brass wire
foil confetti beads
glass & crystallized bodies
between
mirrored slant & slip of
sun shards star chamber
splendor in the sphere
Marjorie Stein’s first book, An Atlas of Lost Causes, was published by Kelsey Street Press. Her has work has appeared, or is forthcoming in American Poetry Journal, The Denver Quarterly, New American Writing, VOLT, Mary, and other publications. She makes her home in Northern California with her beloved wife and their elderly cat companion.