Poetry
(Swans - April 9, 2012)
against a black sky
blacker than any coal
Jupiter & Venus
side X side
Jupiter @ 12
Venus @ 3
2 diamonds
of night's
wispy dreams
watching
the entire sky
over
lantern on the bow
lantern @ starboard
the ides of march
Venus @ 12
Jupiter @ 7
after the rain
crystalline stillness
spirits of my ancestors
cling
to the pine trees
like dew
1 becomes
3
become 3
become 10
vernal equinox
Arcturus @ 12
Saturn @ 3
utter silence
n0 alphabet
in the cirrus
the earth
@ pax
the merest shadow
of a wish
with lacey lightning
star 2 star
dancing
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John M. Marshall is the founder and editor of Epiphany Arts, Cape Fear Poetry Society, and various poetry sites. He has received several writing awards. His poetry has been published in the U.S. (including Swans) and seven other countries. He recently had song lyrics performed at the Irish Embassy in Bulgaria. Marshall lives in Wilmington, North Carolina. (back)