from “Sharking of the Birdcage” by CAConrad

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what was it you                                                   wanted us to                                                   say after you died        it’s awful without you making sound exist                                              you said ponder this                                          but none of us can remember                                          what now dear please speak up                                          when quaking became zeal to open                                                              nothing now but a                                               medieval barking gargoyle                        whoever gave you the tambourine shall                                               be sheriff of my tender zoo                                                          I am not here                                                          I am in the future                                                          where I have always been                                           please hurry back and forth to                                                                 kiss me my ghost            Copyright © 2014 by CAConrad. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   “The series of poems ‘Sharking of the Birdcage’ comes out of my recent, long (Soma)tic poetry ritual I created at the MacDowell colony where I meditated with a crystal given to me by my boyfriend Mark Holmes the last time I saw him. He was brutally murdered, leveling my life with depression for a time. These poems mark a healing, a return to wholeness for me.” —CAConrad   CAConrad’s most recent book is ECODEVIANCE: (Soma)tics for the Future Wilderness (Wave Books, 2014). He lives in Philadelphia. Most Recent Book by CAConrad   ECODEVIANCE: (Soma)tics for the Future Wilderness (Wave Books, 2014) "Haunted" by Naomi Shihab Nye "Heavy Summer Rain" by Jane Kenyon "26" by Rachel Eliza Griffiths Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. 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.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038