Thanks to editor Emily Holland, I have a new poem at Poet Lore (Vol. 119, Winter/Spring 2025), with the longish title of 'Opacity in Seven Parts.'
Here's the first part of the poem:
Opacity, in Seven Parts
“Note that the word mute (from Latin mutus and Greek μύειν) is regarded by linguists as an onomatopoeic formation referring not to silence but to a certain fundamental opacity of human being, which likes to show the truth by allowing it to be seen hiding.” ~Anne Carson
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My mind has many
moving parts,
pulleys and levers
and axles,
an endless Rube
Goldberg contraption
whose chain action I cannot follow.
You want me to be
more specific.
To do that, I must
do two things:
put an asterisk on
the words ‘My mind,’
and provide an
elaborate footnote.
But if I put an
asterisk there, I’d have
to put an asterisk everywhere.
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Here's a list of poets in the issue: Deidra Greenleaf Allan ● Christine Barkley ● Kimberly Blaeser ● Clara Burghelea ● Yosa Buson ● Josh Calladine ● Lauren Camp ● Todd Campbell ● MICHAEL CHANG ● Cortney Lamar Charleston ● Jo Blair Cipriano ● Melissa Crowe ● Monica Cure ● Emerson Dawes ● Gregory Djanikian ● Asa Drake ● Kinsale Drake ● Meg Eden ● Luke Eldredge ● Sarah Ellis ● Joshua Gage ● Gabriella Garcia ● Brandi George ● Jana-Lee Germaine ● Jessica Goodfellow ● Justin Groppuso-Cook ● Claire Hermann ● Victor Hugo ● John James ● Kaylee Young-Eun Jeong ● Kang Jijaedang ● W. Todd Kaneko ● Elina Katrin ● Patrick Kindig ● BEE LB ● Suphil Lee Park ● Ștefan Manasia ● Kaecey McCormick ● Rachel Morgan ● Maureen Morris ● Cindy Juyoung Ok ● Kyle Okeke ● Elise Paschen ● Natalie Perman ● Lizzy 柯 (Ke) Polishan ● Jessica Nirvana Ram ● Rainer Maria Rilke ● Arthur Rimbaud ● Sally Rosen Kindred ● Henk Rossouw ● Amanda Maret Scharf ● Andrej Stankovič ● Sarah Anne Stinnett ● Jennifer K. Sweeney ● Julene Waffle ● Maggie Wang ● Danielle Weeks ● Katherine J. Williams ● Matthew Wimberley ● Terri Witek ● Allya Yourish
Enjoy!
