Kinds of Stillness

Vandal Poem of the Day: August 23, 2021

 by Angela Narciso Torres

the egret leaning windward
beak poised for stabbing
shadows in the reeds

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her eyes: milky panes
between dream and confusion
staring/not staring

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as a child I thought
sitting rock-still I could
make time stop

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the pen’s nib hovers
above the line a hummer’s 
electric wingbeats

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the gap between tracks
on a vinyl record—

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