Maps, Omens, & Agar #3
Alternating poems are anagrams of the poetry in italics by Paul Verlain (titles and first stanzas); English translations by A.S. Klein.
Nevermore
Memory, memory, what do you want of me?
Autumn
Makes the thrush fly through colourless air,
And the sun casts its monotonous glare
On the yellowing woods where the north winds
hum.
~~~
Nor Me. Ever
origins mutate.
twin tumours
fuel symmetry—
ghouls.
muted torment.
how? why?
you’re honest,
yet marginal:
stonemason
of snowmold.
lash rope
to wood;
charcoal
unwakened.
huh? shhhh…
rest.
~~~
Parisian Sketch
The moon was shedding her plates of zinc
In obtuse angles.
The plumes of smoke like ‘fives’ distinct
Rose thick and black from high roof-tangles.
The sky was grey, there wept a breeze
Like a bassoon.
~~~
A Chapter in “Kiss”
kiss me kosher,
king.
incite fever; holy
talons; nepotism
desirous of fattened
fish eggs.
bareback hornets gaze
at shadowy wasps.
lepers flash
blackened whelk.
immobilize the tongue.
do not retch.
~~~
Maps, Omens, & Agar #3 is out of print from The Blasted Tree store
Featured by The Blasted Tree: April 27, 2022
kerry rawlinson
Contributing Author
Maps, Omens, & Agar #3 by kerry rawlinson are Blasted Tree original poems
Cover design by Kyle Flemmer