Poem-A-Day: Flux by Afaa Michael Weaver

December 5, 2013 Flux by Afaa Michael Weaver I am a city of bones  deep inside my marrow,  a song in electric chords,  decrescendo to mute, rise  to white noise, half silences  in a blank harmony as all  comes to nothing, my eyes  the central fire of my soul,  yellow, orange, red--gone  in an instant and then back  when I am, for a glimpse,  as precise as a bird's breath,  when I am perfect, undone  by hope when hope will not  listen, the moon wasting  to where I need not worry  that bones turn to ash,  a brittle staccato in dust.       Copyright © 2013 by Afaa Michael Weaver. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem "'Flux' was inspired by the thirty-sixth chapter of the Dao de Jing as translated by Jonathan Star and D.C. Lau, and by August Wilson's play Gem of the Ocean. The phrase 'city of bones' is a reference to Wilson's play." --Afaa Michael Weaver Most Recent Book by Weaver  The Government of Nature (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013)   Poem-A-Day Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-A-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Browse the Poem-A-Day Archive.    Afaa Michael Weaver is the author of numerous books of poems, including The Government of Nature (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013). He teaches at Simmons College in Boston.  Related Poems Ghost in the Land of Skeletons  by Christopher Kennedy  In the Surgical Theatre by Dana Levin  Textbook & Absence (Anatomy) by Catherine Barnett  __________________________ Love reading Poem-A-Day? Help support it today.     Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.

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