Do the dead read

Uncaria tomentosa
greetings breathless
in orange smiles

Do the dead read
low rise tide cakes
lined with
woven birds

Do the dead read
adumbrated
barley hemlock

Do the dead read
shapeless combs
dissolved synesthesia
feel mouthless
honeyed marathons
jocund sprints
having nowhere to go
all the time in the world

 

Gassho, Walt

(dandelion snow)

no use crying on
blue goat Shabbat
pigeons could
be doves
onion edge
leaf tilt
red sprout
conifer scar
garlic escape
lupin star

 

Diane R. Wiener is the author of the poetry collection, The Golem Verses, published in June, 2018 (Nine Mile Press).  Her poetry appears in Nine Mile Magazine, Wordgathering, Tammy, and elsewhere; it is forthcoming in the South Carolina Review.  Diane has flash fiction published in Ordinary Madness (Weasel Press).  She is a Research Professor at Syracuse University.