Derailed by Stars: Prose Poem

Saturday Poetry Prompt: stellar steering

J.D. Harms
Scrittura
Published in
3 min readJan 15, 2022

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I started the evening still looking right at Orion’s belly — 3 hours further north than usual — projecting through the madness that is the ground forcing its way up through the feet, a pushing pulse with its erratic gaps — synapse out of control —

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J.D. Harms
Scrittura

Former hairstylist, perpetual philosophy student, swallowed by poetry, writing, ideas