requiem/

michael raven poems February 18, 2022 1 Minute

©2022 Michael Raven

hidewrap & leather
these old dreams together
knot & tie strands tight
haul away shoulderheaved
carry away like thieves

peat night moon humming
a bed bundle found
push into rustbrown bog
push down down below

bones & bramble
matchstick & candle
laying rest child, rest

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Published February 18, 2022

4 thoughts on “requiem/”

tara caribou says:

February 19, 2022 at 12:27 am

I love this one!

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1. Michael Raven says:
  
  February 19, 2022 at 7:03 am
  
  Thank you, Tara. I’m glad it was relatable in some way to someone. I was afraid it was one of my more oblique pieces. 💕
  
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Belladonna says:

February 19, 2022 at 11:35 am

Good one and the picture goes great with your poem.

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1. Michael Raven says:
  
  February 19, 2022 at 11:42 am
  
  Thank you so much.
  
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