Poetry By Dennis Hinrichsen

Taraz Kanti-Paul CC




diva, set on low


label it dilution                throat launching another sailor's knot
of sound onto an ocean of ears
more cement in the world now than the world
has ever known
void there for the taking     the pinch throttle 
a late-life probiotic maybe      better than a peregrine falcon
I wish I had the ocean’s momentum
all those knives struggling at once                                  to say a thing
to say a really big thing
                                               I'd whisper it into the ear hole of God
I'd undo that atmosphere
                                                     banish it with paints
to a monk’s cell                                   let that vapor ponder expulsion





Dennis Hinrichsen's most recent work is dementia lyrics from Green Linden Press. He has new work forthcoming from ballast, Handwritten & Co., I-70 Review, Moon City Review and The Shore. He lives in Lansing, Michigan where he does freelance editing and offers workshops.


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