as if she could still write, she invites november

Three attempts today. Cuz in November, we poem. Even when we don’t feel like it.

::

as if made of some ordinary magic 

the sky’s a cauldron, 
stirred, 
shirred along the edges 
by some dark star-spell. 

We tell ourselves 
we’ll go home soon,
but the moon
has other ideas. 

::

as you wish 

(cue the pirate-prince tumbling 
down the hill)

upon all these fallen 
stars,
this broken sky,
i hope that you will 
remember: 

i tried my tired best 
to follow that punch-drunk sun,
but i 
wasn’t quite as bright  
as you were. 

::

as she holds her breath before the next rain falls 


she calls herself 
something new. 

scatters stars, 
renames the moon. 

::

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2 Responses to as if she could still write, she invites november

  1. And three special poems! Fun to find Westley’s “as you like” here. 😊

  2. psyche says:

    The title of this post is its own poem. The idea of inviting [a lowercase] November just floors me.

    Other favorites:

    “i tried my tired best
    to follow that punch-drunk sun,”

    “she calls herself” … with a transparent hot pink light-up phone, I hope

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