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Persephone Rises by Andrew Brenza

A mist of seedlings blurs the silt;

A violet vapor threads the trees;

A pink moon hangs light like silk

Stirred by a fledging breeze.


The thrum of longing fills my ears,

My hair extends like leafless trees;

Mother’s face is a field of tears

Jeweled with mourning bees.


My sallow arms, I lift to hold her,

I kiss the lichen of her cheek;

She pulls me to her blooming shoulder

And weeps and weeps and weeps.


Bio

Andrew Brenza is the author of the hybrid novel WRYTHM (Montag) and the visual poetry collections Colorways (Anhinga) and Smear (BlazeVOX). His speculative, formal poetry has appeared in or is forthcoming from Strange Horizons, Bewildering Stories, Dark Horses, Blue Unicorn, The Dawntreader and Altered Reality.