4/18/2017 0 Comments Poetry by Vivian Wagner On a Roll Skates are the opposite of shoes, circles where there would be lines, speed for steadiness, thrill for predictability. They turn the body into a vehicle, pulling feet across pavement into an uncertain future, toward the promise of a spectacular fall. They mimic spinning planets, tumbling waves, the circular eyes of crows flying straight across the curve. Bound The blue jay sounds sharp this morning, his voice an awl stabbing dream pages, pulling linen thread. The clouds are pink-gray ink, spilling the words of themselves on the day’s frontispiece. My coffee’s soft cotton, forming an archival cover, and the awakening April soil speaks of plain brown wrap. Bio: Vivian Wagner is an associate professor of English at Muskingum University in New Concord, Ohio. She's the author of a memoir, Fiddle: One Woman, Four Strings, and 8,000 Miles of Music (Citadel-Kensington), and a poetry collection, The Village (Kelsay Books).
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