New syllabic semi #experimental #poem up @GoodMenProject "The Summer the Black Forest Burned" #iamwriting #puseystrong

This poem is special for a number of reasons. I wrote it in response to a colleague's death, and though  it is about her, it is also about her sons, and the nervous anxious state of the small rural town the summer she passed. Last summer the tension was high, partly due to her death's impact on the community, as well as several other high profile scandals which threatened to tear the town apart.  In many ways, the  forest did feel like it burned down.

I drew upon on some syllabic magic from the Lord of the Rings trilogy, as well as shortened linguistic syllabic expletives (for lack of a better word) to create a prayer-like elegiac tone.
You can read it here.