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Eternity Arrives–After Mani Rao

Posted on 11.15.17 by VoiceCatcher

Poetry by Rachel Barton

tag store stash a tattered mantra
we stretch out the ocean’s creases
press toward sealine sunshot
stream inside a tree we pass
softening rocks beneath plaited rivers
we are the rush of creek waters
slipping traveling dying
we could say anything
we flow out of time and back
like the songs we know triggering
flares in our subtle bodies
we are the light of stars falling


Rachel Barton is a poet and writing coach. She is also editor of Willawaw Journal and serves as a member of the Calyx editorial collective. Her work has appeared in several literary journals including Cloudbank, Hubbub, The Oregon English Journal, and The Quietry. She released a chapbook, “Out of the Woods,” in 2017, available on her website. “Happiness Comes” is forthcoming from Dancing Girl Press next spring. For examples of her work, go to  rachelbartonwriter.com.

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