Canadian Fires Coming
written by: Lynne Kemen
@psychadv
Oh, my God, the sky is yellow.
¬Not here, not yet.
It happens an hour later.
Storms of sulfur.
Outside, eyes tear, struggling throat,
stymied in the center of a campfire.
Close windows and doors,
still the air follows me.
Not close, but Canadian fire
still gusts south.
Plants, a pity, unprotected.
Unguarded gardens.
Animals retreat.
No-good air.
Jaundiced streams.
Silence.
A week of particulates sprinkling,
sifting then settles.
Lynne Kemen lives in Upstate New York. Her chapbook, More Than a Handful was published in 2020. Her work is anthologized in Seeing Things (2020) and several others. She is published in Silver Birch Press, The Ravens Perch, Fresh Words Magazine, Spillwords, Topical Poetry, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, and Blue Mountain Review. Lynne stands on the Board of Bright Hill Press. She is an Editor for the Blue Mountain Review and a lifetime member of The Southern Collective Experience. Her book of poetry will be published in 2023 by SCE.
Latest posts by Lynne Kemen (see all)
- Canadian Fires Coming - July 11, 2023
- The Kitchen Remembers My World - February 1, 2023
- Puddles, After MC Escher’s Print of The Same Name Done in 1952 - June 7, 2022
