by Mervyn Seivwright
She Showers in the Clouds
returning drips draining
down her side to Luzerne's lake
below. She decorates in yellow
and lilac flowers, scents,
and a grassy green veil;
hairy skin, the pines
birth on sides finding route
to the sky. Her veil
provides life to cows
that tong, banging bongs
from the bells on their necks
not vanishing in steamy clouds
while playing hide and eat
at six-thousand and thirteen feet.
Ants of women and men
march, panting in winding wriggles
to ascend, patting their backs
with hauteur while she watches.
Mervyn Seivwright writes to balance social consciousness and poetry craft for humane growth. He is a nomad from a Jamaican family, born in London, England, and left for America at age ten, now residing in Schopp, Germany. His performance poetry highlights include events in nine countries, with features at The Jazz Café, and a finalist at the UK’s Word-for-Word National Poetry Slam. Mervyn completed an MFA in Writing at Spalding University and has appeared in AGNI, American Journal of Poetry, Salamander, African American Review, and fifty-five other journals across six countries, receiving recognition as a 2021 Pushcart Nominee & Voices Israel's Rose Ruben Poetry Competition Honorable-Mention. He has a pending collection due in Autumn 2023 through Broken Sleep Books.