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The Will and The Noise

9/23/2015

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New Granny poem, inspired by my visit a couple weeks ago.

The Will and The Noise

Will of iron
once so tall and proud
stronger than
three continents
that forged your grace
with all that’s left
you will yourself to sleep;
done with waking
done with effort and indignity,
I chatter cheerful
and your lizard eyes
slide over me
disinterested
close cold.

Dismissed.
My visit’s done.
So like another nurse
I pull your feet
up on the bed
and know the noise
cannot be borne
that bellows in your head.
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Asbury Park

9/14/2015

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Lost in the urgent
pull of the ocean
waves drag hard
scraping bottom I am
lifted and thrown down;
the sea laughs, shuffling
her moon and sun in
one smooth hand
while drawing me
so certainly to you.
Flooded, her great tides
fill me, recede
I paddle to you breathless
fighting salt invasion
dragged under again
we roll over and over
riding dizzy waves
I obey, pour
ancient power tides
pushing me with force
from time’s dawn
straight past us to
the last of days.

***This poem was published in the print journal Here Comes Everyone, Blood and Water Issue, Spring 2016 in the UK!
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    Heather Lee Rogers

    I write and perform poetry.  I have been published on many websites and print publications at various times throughout my life. I live in NYC where I also create as an actor. Acting makes me forget that I'm a poet for long stretches of time.  But I mean to work on that here: I'll be posting old poems, new poems, and everything in between. Thanks for visiting.  Enjoy!

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