It Is What It Is

Zev
Zev
Aug 29, 2017 · 1 min read
Illustration by JM Navarro. ArtPeople Gallery

a pair of pessimistic eyes
ignore the igniting double-rainbow
that kindles neath a dead pot of homemade anxieties.

give him a saucer of no water
and he’ll tell you all the dreams
he never had, after quenching his half thirst, that is.

spills orange juice
over the drowsing sky; no prayers
at the church made up of sand.
a pleasing idea, God,
because you don’t see,
all things bright and too holy
don’t notice you in return.

Poets Unlimited

Six Years of poetry-only publishing, PoetsUnlimited was a diverse, engaging and authentic poetry magazine. For most of that time a daily publication, it was always diverse and original, and free-to-read by all.

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"Silence is a shape that has passed. Otu-bre's lion-roses have turned to paper And the shadows of the trees Are like wrecked umbrellas." —Wallace Stevens

Poets Unlimited

Six Years of poetry-only publishing, PoetsUnlimited was a diverse, engaging and authentic poetry magazine. For most of that time a daily publication, it was always diverse and original, and free-to-read by all.

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