Four Poems
Marcia Arrieta
the hourglass sprouts wings
I dreamt the sky. I dreamt Athena’s owl.
shards of glass scattered by the river after rain.
pages of poems. old sunflowers. red kimonos.
I dreamt the coyote. I dreamt the cross.
an end to the chaos of the world.
in the archives
the wild green parrots
awake her
texture
like
light
&
shadow
while in the labyrinth
an exhibit:
a letter. a painting.
a branch. a poem
where flowers
cast/cut from steel
hang from the oak
winter to spring—
zero the back pages the forms cut splintered
planted the garden earth after rain idealized
the moments out of shadow nothing really extend
the architecture of birds a sun a word a wand
examine the windows the placement of the door
because the spiral is a circle the sand warm
the hill a postcard before erosion
out of nothingness
a red geranium
a blue boat
a golden door
Marcia Arrieta’s work has appeared in Barrow Street, Osiris, Word/For Word and Conjunctions Online. She is the author of two poetry collections, archipelago counterpoint (BlazeVOX) and triskelion, tiger moth, tangram, thyme (Otoliths), and a third chapbook, thimbles, threads (Dancing Girl). She edits and publishes Indefinite Space—a poetry/art journal.
