Psalm
for the unuttered word extravagant frames of light
the lost son for a door slammed shut for abbreviation’s deftness and windowless rooms grass slowly dying on the lawn
the ibis the sea turtle for the white wrapped wingspan of a swan
the shadow of memory the ripening rage the stopped clock
for mending the mind the burning cloth the dark plumage
of a library shelf for its paper boat of words a sudden flight
of angels the aviary of a wing-clipped heart for the cut flower, fields, trees, earth, wrists, for the body torn,
God.
From Memorial with Liminal Space (Driftwood Press, 2023) by Mitchell Untch. Copyright © 2023 by Mitchell Untch. Used with the permission of the publisher.
Mitchell Untch
Mitchell Untch is the author of Memorial with Liminal Space (Driftwood Press, 2023). His poems have appeared in more than one hundred and twenty poetry journals, including Beloit Poetry Journal, Poet Lore, North American Review, Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry, The Baltimore Review, Illuminations, The Massachusetts Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, The Paris-American, and Fjords.