Labor as a Tulip by Karen Volkman

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend June 10, 2014   Labor as a Tulip   Karen Volkman

Labor as a tulip arrays its flame, nu form, as the bulb-star, interred, divines its ore surging the gulf rooting it into appalled memento pulsing will. Leaf-blades score the heap. Other wounds—penetralia— other worlds, cries, far. Filaments, simples emblazoning the rei, rebus of grief. Unslumbering terra premising her kill.              Copyright @ 2014 by Karen Volkman. Used with permission of the author. About This Poem   “This poem looks at the uncanniness of spring rebirth, the violence inside the explosive beauty, the hurt in the will to break from dormancy. All of which relates to poetic making, the essential rupture involved in bringing intuition into form, leaving a trace of its injured origin.” —Karen Volkman   Karen Volkman’s most recent book is Nomina (BOA Editions, 2008). She teaches at the University of Montana in Missoula. Most Recent Book by Volkman   Nomina (BOA Editions, 2008) “Iris” by David St. John “Come Slowly—Eden (211)” by Emily Dickinson “Girl” by Eve Alexandra Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends.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