MARISA CAPPETTA

 

Guru Talks

 
his throat is full 
of dandelion seeds 
 
they stick to his lips 
when he speaks 
 
his lungs make more 
they fill the room 
 
they whirl around 
the followers 
 
the words cease 
there is only a gale 
 
of seeds only more 
and more seeds 
 
 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marisa graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Hagley Writers’ Institute in 2011. Her poetry has been published by Landfall, Takahe, Snorkel, Turbine, Blackmail Press, Interlit Q, Shot Glass Journal, The Press, and several anthologies. In 2013 she received a mentorship from the New Zealand Society of Authors.

 

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