Intensity: to be of great depth; to strain in stretching out; to form from extreme feeling
A mind filled by the heart sees a world full of beauty and compassion.
Contents
. ignorance . intensity . indignity . iniquity
Intensity
to be of great depth
to strain in stretching out
to form from extreme feeling
HISTORY
I’m from the banks of a small river-valley town
where rustling trees sing morning wake-up song
citronella perfumes buzzing airs
grown pines carve evening horizons
and I can resign to the lines
of stories from stars and moons
to explain my mood—
tea tastes sweeter brewed
in sunshine heat
between my toes
and calloused feet
blushing not by evidence of the dirt
that makes garden blooms grow
but by the sincerity from which i was sewn—
something like that is where my story begins
so in the shadow of the leaves
and looming mid-morning cast shadows
across those luminous snows
I must admit
to not finding that home feeling anywhere
but in a version of history
I am unsure I remember but conjure
affords me
many riches
through such verses which must be repeated.
BORROWED CIRCLES
Never before have I highly held such a regard for
waking up in the dark amidst
the middle of light borrowing circles
of doubt from shadows of moon beams
there’s no such thing
as frowning before dawn
when the space between facing
the out there performs an escaping
from the within here
for as long and deep as any love can be
that feeling has managed to escape me
evicted by the memory of dreaming of heartbeats
proven guilty of an inability to feed freedom
living amongst tall building landscapes lacking greenery.
a sensation provoking action denied and locked within
caution should be heeded when tears threaten
to wetten the silken skin of cheeks holding smiles
a brush of a touch would release them
so only in this dim lit room
accompanied by the morning dove coo
will you ever find her truth forgotten within you.
© Rachel Wolfe (Mari Amman)
Poetry, Prose &Suche VOL I.
First edition 2023, electronic distribution. Text and Images by Rachel Wolfe (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.
