L’appel du vide

 

Apple a Day

—Poetry by Kelly Moyer, N. Carolina

—Photos and Artwork by Kelly Moyer

trauma-bonded
our penchant for seaglass
and windfall apples

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conjugal union
the itch
of a temporary tattoo

 

 

 

Engagement Photo

 

l’appel du vide
i pull him
deeper within

* * *

morning after . . .
reattaching
the cherry stem

 

 

 

Abstract 2

 

market day a farm-fresh ovum

* * *

wizened oak
a tree upon which to hang
your memory

 

 

 

Rough Ridge

 

 

wishboning a late-life baby

* * *

cumulonimbus
the swell
of her inner-amanita

 

 

 

Trash Cat

 

menopausal rage
thunder
in the mid-distance

 

 

 

 Cattue

high as a tike the request for water

* * *

budding
a young girl suspects
breast cancer

 

 

 

 Picking Grapes

were the grape a nose a tapioca pearl

* * *

twinkle twinkle radio tower

 

 

 

Abstract 3

 

charred landscape
the loft
of her singed wings

* * *

dumpster fire a handkerchief hemline

* * *

twilight slumber
a bird chirps
the patter of rain

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Today’s LittleNip:

wizened oak
i tip
my acorn hat

—Kelly Moyer

 

 

 

 

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New Kitchen Guest Kelly Moyer is an accomplished writer of traditional as well as experimental haiku. She has edited several anthologies and journals, including Paper Mountains with Tanya McDonald and Blossom Moon with Lee Gurga. Kelly can often be found wandering the mountains of North Carolina, where she resides with her husband, Robert, and two philosopher kittens, Simone and Jean-Paul. Welcome to the Kitchen, Kelly, and don’t be a stranger!

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—Medusa

Kelly Moyer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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