poem

by Farah Art Griffin

Dear Home of Poesy

I pencil you

of halcyon,

of Frigg,

and of lore of pear.

Pondering if you are in receipt of my notes.

I pen you

of cherry blossom,

of waterless field,

and of leaning palm tree.

Pondering if you are in receipt of my posts.

I etch you

of white sparrow,

of black crow,

and of blind blue jay.

Pondering if you are in receipt of my memos.

I engrave you

of Hilo’s tsunami,

of plastic island,

and of basement in Sarajevo.

Pondering if you are in receipt of my dispatches.

I write to you in hope,

furrowing for your heartbeat.

I write to you in earnest,

yearning to be your voice.

Most sincerely,

Me

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Farah Art Griffin's poetry is forthcoming or has appeared in Pleiades, The American Journal of Poetry, Arkansas Review, Constellations, Storm Cellar, Tipton Poetry Journal, Iron Horse Literary Review, Poetry South, The Perch, Plexus, The New Verse News, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Haiku Invitational, and elsewhere, and was featured in exhibition in the North Dakota Human Rights Arts Festival. She holds an EdM in Arts in Education from Harvard University and is a recipient of the Altman Writers of Color Scholarship from the Hudson Valley Writers Center and a grant from the Writers Happiness Movement.