at last

extremity

what is the word for what
happens when a mouth
opens wide with cry so great
it makes no sound?

Author: Stacey C. Johnson

I keep watch and listen, mostly in dark places.

10 thoughts on “at last”

  1. chrisnelson61 – Stourbridge, UK – Chris Nelson was born in East Anglia, but grew up in Birmingham when his family relocated when he was still a young child. After leaving school he studied computing at what was then Wolverhampton Polytechnic, before deciding that it was not a career path he wanted to follow. He retrained as a teacher and has taught in a primary school in Dudley since the mid 1980's. He has dabbled in writing short stories since his youth, but has began writing more seriously since the turn of the century. He lives in Stourbridge with his wife and two children.
    chrisnelson61 says:

    Wow! This certainly hits.

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  2. I like the image you paired with this. My mouth stretched into an instinctual “o” in response

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  3. Bartholomew Barker – Hillsborough, North Carolina – Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, a collection of poets in the Triangle region of North Carolina where he has hosted a monthly feedback workshop 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 a Pushcart Prize in 2021. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he lives and writes poetry.
    Bartholomew Barker says:

    Great work, Stacey!

    Reply

    1. So glad to hear that, Mangus! It’s a funny hat, isn’t it? May it keep showing up in unexpected seasons : )

      Reply

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