Eric Baus
$5
Commandeered
mirror
In the afterlife of
pumas, in the green hovering slightly above a branch, in the antique wings of
an ostrich covering your mouth, the film of a woman framing a fading tree
between her hands is not a mindless river, knowable as the lowest cloud, but
the top of a small hill between pages wounded by a spool of blue thread,
patiently printing fire beyond the door. When I am finally lifted over the bed,
the branch, the quiet, the absent cats, the little cloud, the fire’s
involuntary embroidery, two or three figures, at least, hold hands beneath my
back. But who has placed my arms like this, misspelled, where I am suddenly a
swimmer near the ceiling, learning to rain in a room, on a book?
published in Ottawa by above/ground press
January 2020
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy
Eric Baus is the author of five books of poetry: How I Became a Hum (Octopus 2019), The Tranquilized Tongue (City Lights 2014), Scared Text (Center for Literary Publishing, 2011), Tuned Droves (Octopus Books, 2009), and The To Sound (Wave Books, 2004). He teaches literature and creative writing at Regis University’s Mile High MFA program in Denver, where he is assistant director and core faculty in poetry.
This is Baus’ second chapbook with above/ground press chapbooks, after THE RAIN OF THE ICE (2014).
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