By Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Before Gathering Dusk
See me hovering
above unnecessary spans
diving for petrified fish
in imaginary lakes?
I am older
but not as distant
as the lines of power
drawn between us
Hear me
chattering
friends family generations
working together
in valleys
grown over houses?
If you asked
how to survive
one apocalyptic evening
after another?
I’d say
listen to the harmony of song
before gathering dusk
Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes was born and raised in San Diego, California. He attended Herbert Hoover High School and went on to study Religion and Theology at the University of San Diego. His book Intimate Geography, published by Ragged Sky Press, won the 2012 San Diego Book Award for Poetry. Ish, as he is known, has also written lyrics for German musicians Andrea Hörkens and Thomas Roderburg (Tender Art).
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That silence that follows a good poem can be assumed to be
the work of the hearer’s awe, I think.
Telling is seeing.