This Place of Broken Words
Someone. Tell. Me. How.
To. Live. Now. In. The. After.
Where. We. Are. He. Is. Not.
Voices. Too. Many. Voices.
This. Sorrowing. Boy. Of. Ours.
Who. Told. Us. Demons. Are. Real.
And. Now. I. Know. We. All.
Are. Falling. Every. Day. Falling
Into. A. Crack. In. The. Earth.
The. Ground. Of. Being. Split. Open.
Stunning. It. Is. This. Darkness.
Credit
Copyright © 2024 Lois Roma-Deeley. Originally appeared in Thrush Poetry Journal (March, 2024). Reprinted by permission of the author.
Author
Lois Roma-Deeley
Lois Roma-Deeley is an Italian American poet and the author of Like Water in the Palm of My Hand (Kelsay Books, 2022), among other titles. The recipient of a 2016 Arizona Commission on the Arts Grant, she currently serves as the poet laureate of Scottsdale, Arizona.
Date Published
02/01/2024