September/October 2008


An Ecstatic Bow

No truer lyric.

—This annual summer pilgrimage  
accentuated

by Huron's unusually frazzled waves.

            They welcome the

            Any-Moment-Now

Storm,

forewarned by cartoonishly purple
clouds over the Michigan tree line.

No common thought today!

Only clarity, on this

journey.  Only

a             bathing

a             breathing

an ecstatic bow

to—living!

 

Heather A. McMacken received her B.A. in English from Oakland University and  currently works as an arts writer, contributing to publications such as Detroit’s Metro Times, Real Detroit Weekly and Gazette van Detroit.  She has also won a Liberal Arts Network for Development (LAND) poetry prize.  Contact Heather at hmcmacken@gmail.com

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