Skein

by Jonathan B. Aibel

 

beat as it seizes
my body its

drum nothing to
hold the invisibles move

buildings tumble my arms
waving to release

the winds or fight there
hands travel in and

sight no words
anchor the world

the mazing earth;
I’ve lost my clew

wonder, oracle
round the next
turn.

 
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Jonathan B. Aibel’s poems have been published, or will soon appear, in Constellations, Main Street Rag, Lily Poetry Review, and elsewhere. He has studied with Lucie Brock-Broido, David Ferry and Barbara Helfgott Hyett. Jonathan lives in Concord, Massachusetts with his family.