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3 poems by Jade Riordan

  • by clk266
  • Posted on January 20, 2020June 25, 2020

Cat’s Delight

If the moon
was spun
of yarn
and the stars
were strands
of thread
lying
between awake
and asleep
I would tie
them to my bed

 

Bubblegum Breath

Each bubblegum
bubble I blew
gained a core
floated off
the Earth
and became
a planet
once more

 

Ribbons

You tied
ribbons
around
my muscles
they whisper
whenever
I move
silky smooth
they become
tendons
slowly
you attach
to my bones


Jade Riordan’s poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The Blue Nib (IE), Cha (HK), Cordite Poetry Review (AU), Landfall (NZ), The Malahat Review (CA), and elsewhere. She lives north of Canada’s 60th parallel and volunteers as a selection committee member (poetry reader) with Bywords.

Posted in POETRY, SUBMITTED WORKS, THIN AIR ONLINETagged Bubblegum Breath, Cat's Delight, Jade Riordan, poetry, Ribbons

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