From realpoetik at scn9.scn.org Tue Mar 10 06:30:50 2015 From: realpoetik at scn9.scn.org (RealPoetik Magazine) Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 09:30:50 -0400 Subject: [RealPoetik] Alexandra Mattraw Message-ID: TRIANGULATION / we washed ourselves and every blanket / I found the dark / visit / prancing the side of your ear / consequence of a road / swollen with pavers / a desert thirstier / in winter eyes / drier from generated / heat fears when you fell / your grandmother didn’t / rush for ice / but at me at stones / steadied by / stones your smile didn’t end / blame / or our old pyramids rebuilding / all the glass tables / in her house / we return / so the side of your head / rearranged us / and our cat’s body / as even the most docile / human animal wishes / to own / freedom / in your infancy I / read all pets are an effect / to count on disowning / we're all / temporary / a constellation / mind *Alexandra Mattraw*'s chapbooks are available at Dancing Girl Press, Beard of Bees, and Achiote Press. Her poems and reviews have also been featured in journals including *VOLT, Denver Quarterly, Coldfront, The Volta*, and *1913 Journal of Forms*. A former Vermont Studio Center resident, Alexandra curates a reading and performance series called Lone Glen in Oakland. -- RealPoetik www.realpoetik.club -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: