reading in bed
my pulse flickering
the lightly held bookmark
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Michael Dylan Welch
Michael Dylan Welch served two terms as poet laureate of Redmond, Washington, where he has curated monthly SoulFood Poetry Night readings since 2006 and was president of the Redmond Association of Spokenword for more than 15 years. His books include True Colour, a collection of solo rengay, and Seven Suns, Seven Moons. He founded and continues to direct the annual Seabeck Haiku Getaway, runs National Haiku Writing Month (www.nahaiwrimo.com), and serves as a director of the biennial Haiku North America conference. He has been keynote speaker for the Haiku International Association conference in Tokyo, and in 2012 one of his translations from the Japanese appeared on the back of 150 million U.S. postage stamps. His personal website is www.graceguts.com, devoted mostly to poetry. View all posts by Michael Dylan Welch
This is excellent.
I must admit, although I like arty bookmarks, I now crease a corner! ;-)
busy café
she lifts a bottle of beer
a fresh leaf of her book
Really great to see you on Tinywords.
thru dusk
a faint moon
whitens
I connect with this, Michael…
I can almost feel the words rising through
the bookmark…as though they are going
straight to your heart.
Hi Michael,
A very different take . . .
Exquisite!
-kala
reading in bed
a moth resting
on my heartbeat
from my vol “At the Turn of the Seasons” (2003)
reading in winter twilight-
each word
comes to life