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1. cartographer’s bone picked with the equestrian stampeding ensued bicoastal defamation rewrite historical maps 2. in dull recesses find the neon imago mother’s milk to drink reawaken unified not god but cultured creature 3. small wind instruments tickling the widow’s ear heady blandishments 4. sky’s furrowed tendrils lightening revives the dragon exhumes vile bones goliaths of an old tribe discarded relics 5. black air raising hairs prickling the needle neck red limbless ocean eels traversing coastlines Persephone on lookout 6. rending of the sea ghosts preying on destruction aligned with their posts islanders abandoning ships swashbuckler’s bad omen 7. grandiose ghazal sultry arabian night fiddler’s heaven dripping wax overexcites opium cloud dynasty 8. meditative snowfall unconscionable tension cathartic release noon hour crowds dissipating solace behind coloured glass 9. thrush’s old singsong head north before nerves kick in 10. plows in the distance prizeworthy lineation stones heaving in the mud 11. galvanized breezeway intimate pyrotechnics bubbles among stars 12. nightmarish dungeon somnambulist skeletons mourn finality last rites for fallen angels black flower necropolis 13. ashram for your thoughts yellow moths grow from tall grass mood can be anchor draw an ocean with a glance smell the brine off flying fish 14. winged ritual birds scaling belltowers wind breaking current gleam of passing vehicles splitting the time barrier 15. vermillion sluice zombie rats lining spillways deadbolted prey eyeless momento mori hail the bony chimera 16. memorial park widows placing spring flowers dewy bloodshot eyes groundskeeper whistling tunes keys jangling on their ring Bio: Samuel Strathman is a poet, author, visual artist, and educator. He was also the editor-in-chief of Floodlight Editions. Some of his poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Cobra Milk, I-70 Review, Prole, and other magazines and journals. His debut poetry collection, "Omnishambles" is forthcoming with Ice Floe Press (2022). A Fevers of the Mind Quick-9 Interview with Samuel Strathman Poetry by Samuel Strathman from Fevers of the Mind Anthologies
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