{"id":1698,"date":"2021-07-17T14:12:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T18:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/?page_id=1698"},"modified":"2021-12-01T16:13:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T20:13:03","slug":"the-absence-of-birds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/poetry-archive\/the-absence-of-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"the absence of birds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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the absence of birds
\n<\/strong>Lawdenmarc Decamora<\/p>\n

words are birds<\/p>\n

words in transit<\/p>\n

space<\/p>\n

be birds<\/p>\n

the shapes<\/p>\n

of permutations<\/p>\n

congratulations!<\/p>\n

from Manila Bay to our bones: we have no idea<\/p>\n

how beautiful that sky lantern<\/p>\n

is to six acacias<\/em><\/p>\n

when it falls to the ground<\/p>\n

when it swims in the chaos of colors<\/p>\n

when we take out the words<\/p>\n

when we see people manage their hours<\/p>\n

between cityscapes & a birdless sky<\/p>\n

memory foams<\/p>\n

& you realize<\/p>\n

temporal: i
\n
\n
\n\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lawdenmarc Decamor<\/strong>a is a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize-nominated Filipino writer. He is the author of two book-length poetry collections, \u201cTUNNELS\u201d (Ukiyoto Publishing) and \u201cLove, Air\u201d (Atmosphere Press – forthcoming). His work has appeared in The Seattle Review, North Dakota Quarterly, The Common, Comstock Review, and elsewhere.
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