Poetry by Cat Dixon

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Dance  

                –  After the painting Dance by Henri Matisse


You’re invited to join 
the whirling red circle
to forget the chore
of clothes and ground. 
You’re invited to soar
above the hills, beyond
the sun in the sky. You’ll
learn the moves when
you grasp hands with
those next to you. You’re 
invited to join all that 
has been given to you,
despite the leaky brown
kernels that pour from 
your leg, chest, and brow.
You’re invited to the core 
of the earth with its magma, 
rock, and inferno. You’re 
invited to join the whirling 
red circle, to resurrect 
who you are, little one 
in blue, little one all alone 
in your bedroom. 




Cat Dixon is the author of What Happens in Nebraska (Stephen F. Austin University Press, 2022) and Dispatches from the Unfillable Sinkhole (Alien Buddha Press, 2023) along with two other full length collections and three chapbooks. Recent poems published in Ivo Review, Plainsongs Poetry Journal, and Villain Era. She is a poetry editor with The Good Life Review. She works full-time at a funeral home and teaches creative writing part-time at the University of Nebraska, Omaha.



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