Loose Words Letter #79
Momentum
Welcome to the newsletter from Loose Words. These letters go out weekly to monthly. With our submissions at a recent high, you will be hearing a lot more from us. The momentum is back. Loose Words is a poetry publication brought to you by Assemblage to capture disconnected thoughts and let them find their form.
“If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.” — Holly Near
When we do send out our newsletters, we post a few lines from each featured poem (all friend links so anyone can read them) to give you a preview of the whole. We encourage you to read the full version by clicking in and taking that minute. A one-minute read could change your day.
Featured Poets and Collections Are Coming Back
One of the things we used to do was to have a featured poet and collection in every newsletter. This is coming back soon. Stay tuned. In each newsletter, we will feature one of our contributing poets at Loose Words on our homepage and in this letter. Collections are groupings of poems with an overall theme. You will find Collections on the homepage underneath the Featured Poems, Notes From the Editor, and Featured Poet sections.
We just need more of our poets. We are waiting for you and your words.
Selected Loose Words Since Last Newsletter
Architects and Builders by Connie Song
“We are architects
of destruction
unnecessarily.
We can rebuild
from beams of moondust
and prefabricated intentions”
An Island on Clear Waters by Lark Morrigan
“Even when I am drenched
by the rainstorm
of death and endless war,
the clear waters of my soul
can never be tainted.”
COUNTLESS by Jessica Lee McMillan
“in an ocean along forest roads along ancient whale routes,
I trail blowholes that weave the sea-foam.
in the plenty, I braid my mossing path
with countless siblings.”
“Misplaced anger, displaced fear,
it all sits encased in glass, full of pressure
as I run back the diary of my life
like a laser disc that starts skipping
at the most important part of the movie”
Two Souls Meet by Victoria Antonelli
“Two souls meet
I know, there are no accidents
But I’m too tired to open
Two souls meet
Both with nerves exposed
Feeling and grieving others’ wounds”
Savage Tantrum, Invisible by Trapper Markelz
“I am sand swept, a rusting hulk
pitched over in a graveyard breeze
carrying spore drops between
gunmetal commemorations.”
Science does not know of quantum memories by Milana Bojinović Zagrodzka
“A touch is not real within the quantum realm.
They say the human body replaces all cells
in seven years.
They say nothing of atoms.”
“While I see, I feel
Every day is better
Than the day before
And tomorrow,
Even more”
“drunken on the ferment
honeyed mead and lilac wine
moonbeams grace a sated landscape
of a firmament sublime”
The Wrap-Up
“The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.” — Frances E. Willard
