The Great Mirror of Same-Sex Love - Poetry - 109. Two from Issue No. 8 of "Manroot" magazine

These are intense and beautifully drawn. The line in the last coals left the heart alive  was especially arresting.  Thank you for sharing these with us. 

1 minute ago, Parker Owens said:

These are intense and beautifully drawn. The line in the last coals left the heart alive  was especially arresting.  Thank you for sharing these with us. 

Thanks, Parker. The whole, lengthy poem deals with the poet warmed by her mother's coals of love. Thus, the occurrence of the verb "bank" here, as in to keep an ember alive (from the previous day's fire) for use to start the next day's fire

1 hour ago, Parker Owens said:

These are intense and beautifully drawn. The line in the last coals left the heart alive  was especially arresting.  Thank you for sharing these with us. 

1 hour ago, AC Benus said:

Thanks, Parker. The whole, lengthy poem deals with the poet warmed by her mother's coals of love. Thus, the occurrence of the verb "bank" here, as in to keep an ember alive (from the previous day's fire) for use to start the next day's fire

I have to agree with @Parker Owens and was going to comment on the same phrase about the coals.  But I was also struck by the poetic prose of  --

no ceiling or end wall;

but stars are magnified beyond

in iris blue,

then doubled,

tripled!

What an inspiring vision!

On 3/21/2024 at 10:23 AM, ReaderPaul said:

I have to agree with @Parker Owens and was going to comment on the same phrase about the coals.  But I was also struck by the poetic prose of  --

no ceiling or end wall;

but stars are magnified beyond

in iris blue,

then doubled,

tripled!

What an inspiring vision!

Thanks, ReaderPaul. I too am drawn to the boundary-less feeling of this poem. It's intimate, and personal, and yet expansive (enough to encompass us all). Thanks again