Marie Anzalone's Blog, page 10

Se7en Minutes

title is homage to the famous movie.

Divine Interference

written as a meditation on a word with no direct English translation- "limerencia"

Secrets

poem I am working on for children

On Reading the History of Economist James Buchanan

There is a plot of real estate in my heartwhere I, too, cultivate toxic plantsand other venomous things. I can bepetty and hateful. I can be unreasonable in my demands. Yet Ihave now seen the souls of my would-be oppressors laid bare, and I can say,at least in my own dark places, light is still capa..

Gift Exchange

work in progress

Guatentropy

Not all poetry is "pretty"

Meditation on Eclipse II: Solar Eclipse

companion poem to Meditation I for a lunar eclipse

Meditation on Eclipse I: Lunar Eclipse

 Sometimesthe Earth’s shadow throwsitself unapologetically and withgreat longing and abandonon top ofthe unsuspecting moon. We call thisa lunar eclipse. Nobodyquestions either the Shadow’sexistence orintentions- we know that,like any o..

Hummingbird

I was tryingto be productive today,forgettingyou- letting you justbe uncertain;while liningup small accomplishments,polishingwriting tablets and keyboards,documentingefforts and insteps. But then ahummingbird visited,and my worldwas ordainedto stop and b..

Love Poetry to a Burning World

I.The worldmay be burning, and we should document the fire;but I willnever stop writinglove poems, too. Ourexhibitionist earth is fullof splendorsthat only loversof all beautiesin all their agelesstheatricscan enumerate. Tail feathersare vibratedlik..