Poetry contest

[Joelle Lyons Everett]

Here's my poem--

PORTALS

In the green heart of the wild wood,
Woodpecker is knocking:
at midsummer the air is as green
as light filtered through emerald.
Deer steps into a shadow
And disappears.

I sit by the water drumming,
open my eyes to Butterfly –
a flash of black and yellow
rises up in my face,
soars over my head and leaves me
drumming, enchanted.

Earth holds the weight of tree trunks, 
heavy and unmoving,
but in the circle of the sky
leafy treetops bend and shake,
playing a wild game
with the wind.

The air is interlaced with open spaces,
this world and some other
lie as close together
as a leaf lies against the air –
a blink of an eye, shift of imagination,
will take me there.

And my heart is captured by longing,
restless with the thin veneer
over the surfaces of things, 
watching for the moment of invitation:
a trembling leaf, Woodpecker knocking,
a new note in your voice . . .

The world on fire burns with a green flame:
I will not trade a precious moment
of the chaos, joy and pain
for a life with no surprises,
for a day with no time
to let you in.


--Joelle Lyons Everett
   

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