an experiment in permaculture poetics
Fifteen: A Literary Inventory
of Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument
maybe it's the way warmth rises
even wilder in our imagination than the actual
inside the cool spheres of our shadows
lines like the slithering silver edge
untethered by photo albums and passports
carrying the history and map of these mountains
these basins and ranges are not empty space
do you know the sweat you get after crying all day?
this is bad but it is not yet the apocalypse
we can all be Narcissus getting lost in ourselves
the nights are cold, the days are hot, and the time between them hums
cry—harsh and joyous, raucous and wild
the image I have of you nestled quietly
all I saw or heard was the wind
scrambling over rocks and roots
perhaps this is where my love of
agency of rain, the quick flash
"use it or lose it," as the Mayordomo says
reforming the map of your home
I carry poetry with me and I feed it to the landscape
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Spiral Orb is an experiment in juxtaposition, interrelationships, and intertextuality—a cross-pollination. This opening poem composts fragments from each of the pieces in Spiral Orb Fifteen. Standing also as the table of contents, each line is embedded with a hyperlink to its original poem. Once at each poem, you will find links to the other poems in Spiral Orb Fifteen.
Spiral Orb Fifteen is a special issue on the Literary Inventory of Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument.