The light of old things, of beautiful old things, awoke in me.
-- Sherwood
Anderson
swathes wash-lift, titillative
fibers twine through time,
tangle through grasses, air,
the storied
the beheld
these old pliers, bruised, complacent,
loose, slackened by the exigencies
of labor, the perfume of application
seasoned armchair yellowing from
the fade of multitude, stuffed
with the mnemonics of repose, the
armature of provision
spattering through the long cornfields sacred vessels
spring alive, drink the oil of the
corn, flutter to the western winds
things patinated,
foamingricketyhistorical,
flux-chugging
Abyssal Eros
techy telltale totem
odiferous refract
calligraphic concert
a matter of teeth
upwards & out
doesn’t anyone say g l a d e anymore?
gloss the glimmer reef really
hammockSplay over-
tures daub mineral-rinse gyre
cumulous curdle
drift
harmonies
formulate in flour
acculturate spray
love is pertinent to confusion
meticulous punctuation is an expensive luxury
the floorboards rose,
then swallowed
written by ©Heller Levinson
Heller Levinson is the originator of Hinge Theory. His most recent books are Dialogics (Anvil Tongue Press, 2022), Lure, and jus' sayn' (Black Widow Press, 2022). His Query Caboodle and Shift Gristle are scheduled for a Spring 2023 release (also BWP). He lives in the Hudson Valley, NY.Featured Art Photo Grass Drawing for Sherwood Anderson by Linda Lynch