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| Pot-holes near the gorge, Ceinws,Wales. |
drylung
This is what the world
will look like
when all the water leaves.
Cracked blue tempera in a yellow styrofoam
egg carton.
Our mouths will fill with gravel
and we will learn to speak
in stones.
--Clayton T. Michaels, WATERMARK,
published by qarrtsiluni in collaboration
with Phoenicia Publishing, Montreal.
Winner, 2010 qarrtsiluni chapbook contest.
This year's contest closes June 15.
Judge: Louisa A. Igloria
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| Sheer abandon: after usefulness, Ceinws. |
untitled #19
We never truly fill
the holes--
we just
learn to live around them,
while the empty
resonates like jade.
Clear and cold.
Strike it right
it almost rings forever.
--Clayton Michaels, WATERMARK
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| Welsh stoniness, Ceinws. |
