A mind filled by the heart sees a world full of beauty and compassion.

Contents

. ignorance . intensity . indignity . iniquity

Ignorance

to fail to notice

to avoid understanding

to lack and to want

CHILLY IN JULY

The nights’ eagerly await

the sort of embrace

that make the neighbours take notice

the floorboards moan

for footsteps move inner rhythms

in time to the rotation of our axis

a brief realisation to this heart's song —

nothing particularly wrong

upon looking toward a star spotted sky for signs

only mildly amiss some hallowed longing

barking from a book of empty pages

promising entryway to finding whether or not spaces

provide any places feeling of home

awaiting the arrival of fondness

each void corrugated by transitory halls

land at acrylic gates promising inked marks

by uniformed officers signifying a welcome trespass

filling empty boxes as a strange right of entry

obligatory by no cosmic force

for after all, when I asked the moon

no promise nor comets were delivered or answers given

downed by the heavens to suffice for such fantasy rituals

drifts back to the reach for a sweater chill in the air weather

mirrored by the indulgent cavern carved

no knitted garment can squelch or fill

my wordless reaching gaze for comfort

on an arms wrapped tight sort of night.

© Mari Amman. All Rights Reserved.

Poetry, Prose &Suche VOL I.

First edition 2023, electronic distribution. Text and Images by Mari Amman.

The poems contained within this volume were drafted circa 2006-2009, in Chicago, USA, and edited during spring 2023 in Paris, France, with the enormous support of The Trélex Residency.

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