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Saturday morning readers share:
Sandra Brodkin Dreis
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Tympanal
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Cradled upside down
in fibrous threads
I rest, develop from
undefined strangeness
into my destiny.
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I wonder…
this grove, too, upended
and suspended, might be
entirely on its verdant head–
sun on a blanket with moon,
the sky grassy, ticklish.
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Here, among the branches,
every part of me listens,
every pore hears forest.
A breathing leaf, the fungal air,
insect cousins inching closer.
Bats flap above, echolocate
like drones. I fear their target.
A hundred fine scales
structure, strengthen me–
now flight filigreed
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my blood pumps, my belly
vibrates, tiny organs react,
and as sound waves waffle
and pulse–there are whispers
of wings to come.
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Sandra Brodkin Dreis
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I am cultivating the perennial, Alocasia, on my deck, so impressed that they enjoy the blasting heat and humidity as much as I do not. My Jack Russell, Jillie Bean, does not disturb them, probably thinking they are doggie umbrellas.
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My first full length poetry collection, Good Dirt has been released by Kelsay Books. Check out their site or Amazon.
Sandra
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Note from Bill – many insects are able to hear via a specialized organ, a tympanal or tympanic membrane. Like our human tympanum but visible on the exoskeleton rather than tucked into an “ear.”
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Additional poetry by Sandra Dreis at Verse and Image:
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