1 poem
Variations in a trapped expanse
i.
you lived in your solitude
as in the sea
more & more softly —
this is no wolf in a wood / this is no wolven wald
— you lived and you lived again. . .
and you lived again. . .
you lived and you disappeared
& here (a murmur),
mered —
ii.
the sea flames today
the wind shatters (chatters?)
the eagerness of mist
do we understand
what this means?
within the clearing (opened out):
nothing, if not, and such, subtle
fear
deception you appeared
to me / appeared to be the —
(snow)
Aaron Lopatin is a poet and teacher from Michigan. His work has appeared in the Colorado Review, Tupelo Quarterly, Yalobusha Review, Apartment, The Spectacle, and elsewhere.