Form & Fantasy
The meadow calls
to me in my sleep
and leaves an impression
so sensate
I must retrace each step
I ditch my phone
and all its unanswered texts
and walk toward or am beckoned by
earth tones with splashes of Blue
Vervain then noticing the others
as if for the first time
with their spidery stems
bird-nesty umbels
and blooms like pathogens
I spy spirals in Fiddleheads
blood droplets in Queen Anne’s Lace
shrubs as unique as snowflakes
the shapes they make both haunting and regal
strange as creatures from outer space or the deep sea
Here, in this meadow I cannot choose
the long dreamed dream is
that in which
I do not draw
and I do not awaken
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Alexandra Poole is a psychotherapist & diarist based in the Hudson Valley. Alexandra is endlessly curious about emotions, symbols, dreams, and the natural world. Their poetry has been featured in The Chronogram, Show & Tell Arts and Literary Magazine, among other publications. Their academic writing can be found on Renfrew blog. They enjoy writing in community and are a co-founder and active member of the writer’s group, Perpetual Stew. For more visit: https://www.ephemeral-bodies.com
