Third Way
Marj Hahne
———after James Galvin’s “Three Sonnets”
Where I love—–honesty is the primal fact
The world is mostly—–hidden & asleep
turning in & out of the light—–like a moth
whose spiraling may have—–nothing to do with being
dazzled so guess again—–unless you cherish mystery
Lawrence Ferlinghetti is dead—–in San Francisco
where I left my heart in 1988—–Let a new lyricism
save the world from itself—–say what the heart means
Sometimes a man—–at the top of the stairs
is all it takes—–to bring out the girl in me
to rise two steps—–at a time
almost colliding into—–the perfect moment
What’s hard & soft—–& something else
& someone else—–breathes there
Marj Hahne is a writing teacher/editor and MFA graduate from the Rainier Writing Workshop. Her poems have appeared in journals, anthologies, art exhibits, and dance performances. To make poetry hospitable, she reads poems to dogs and pairs poems with craft beers, spirits, and coffee for her YouTube channel; and for her Living Poets Project on Instagram, she posts an excerpt by a living poet on their birthday. www.marjhahne.com
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