BEING A CONSTELLATION
Heavy with milk, mother-sky offers starlight patterns, guiding her small, dense question…
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From ULR
Issue 10 – The Body
COME
An urgent call ignites the body, trembling open to a divine name.
December 17, 2023
Will you come like a flame
To the Goddess’s name?
Will you call her out loud?
Will you come?
Will you come without touching?
Will you come if you can’t?
Will you come as you are?
Will you come?
Will you come as it calls you,
Till there’s no way to stop?
Will you come till you tremble
Far open, and rock?
Will you come like a flame
To the Goddess’s name?
Will you call her out loud?
Will you come?
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PART OF A COLLECTIONBEING A CONSTELLATION and 2 other poems
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Annie Finch
Annie Finch is an American poet, writer, translator, speaker, teacher, and performer. She is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently Earth Days: Poems, Chants, & Spells in Five Directions (Nirala Publications), Eve and Calendars (both finalists for the National Poetry Series), and Among the Goddesses: An Epic Libretto in Seven Dreams (awarded the Sarasvati Award). Her other works include essays, books, and anthologies on poetics, feminism, and spirituality. including A Poet’s Craft, The Body of Poetry, and Choice Words: Writers on Aboriton. Educated at Yale and Stanford University, where she earned her Ph.D, she has lectured and traveled widely from her home in New York City to teach and perform.