OUR CATEGORY : Heather Ann Schmidt

Saint Petersburg to Paris

Coming from Saint Petersburg, in my radicchio dress legs crossed, clouds lift us up, into and out of a merlot fog. My insides whirl. The Hermitage, a birch wood bracelet, iconic prayers, vespers cling to my skin. The plane turns; we head East diving toward Earth to meet insomniac lovers whose tongues cling over Claude […]

Filed under: Heather Ann Schmidt by akublik Date 11 February, 2010
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An Immediate Response to W.S. Merwin

What I live for I can seldom believe in.W.S. Merwin, The Carrier of Ladders
and I said, there is only longing–
swimming
across the channelto get to the next pulsing in muted yellow.
Mystery runs a few steps […]

Filed under: Heather Ann Schmidt by akublik Date 8 February, 2010
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