National Poetry Month: TEA WITH MS. QUAN by Dan George

Tea with Ms. Quan

by Dan George

soft edges ripening in the sun of an empty bag

            *

I’ve been thirsting for the future textures

this pumpkin decomposing articulates our atmosphere

            Let’s manifest a line the mind finds charming

sexual ripened ethereal

            Black grapes ripening in the hill’s white hands?

animal transforming into night

Autumn rolled through the trees shaking his fist of coins—

red is the dress of the leaves as they open

This poem is from issue 38.1. You may purchase a copy here.