Not Yet Trained

In walking.

It may be the last step, 

the bud of you forgetting

to open.  

Will you 

suggest it by your

form, enduring

this our dark. 

Creature 

what are you bringing?

as much bird as light

but show me kneeling 

how it weeps

the bell of you

over us.

Author: Stacey C. Johnson

I keep watch and listen, mostly in dark places.

3 thoughts on “Not Yet Trained”

  1. Bartholomew Barker – Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, where he has hosted monthly workshops for more than decade. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, written in and about strip clubs, was published in 2013. His second, Milkshakes and Chilidogs, a chapbook of food inspired poetry was served in 2017. He was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2021, 2024 & 2025 as well as the Best of the Net Anthology in 2024. His work has appeared in The Lake, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Panoply, Tipton Poetry Journal, the Gyroscope Review and the Naugatuck River Review among others.
    Bartholomew Barker says:

    Love the line “as much bird as light” Great work!

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