Embraceable Current

electrical                      quivering                     vast

routing specialized tremors predisposed to

implausible buoyancies                       to

ruminant monsoons

                                                            -- looping decibel lash dash wildly

                                                                        -- truant hyperbole rash

                                                                                    -- simoom lush

 

culled from undiluted pathos, sheared to the

depths of bone-weep, grooming the

underwater panther, the spooked wildebeest,

larch conifers consult their residencies, spool with

cypress, poplar, . . . ash, confer from unkempt lowlands, from

ancient ventilates

 

omnithaw quest respirate

 

animates adhere

concertize a

last appeal


HELLER LEVINSON’s most recent books are QUERY CABOODLE, SHIFT GRISTLE (Black Widow Press, 2023), THE ABYSSAL RECITATIONS (Concrete Mist Press, 2024) & VALVULAR ASH (BWP, 2024) with CROSSFALL slated for a spring 2025 release. His book, LURE (Black Widow Press, 2022), won the “2022 Big Other Poetry Book Award.” A recent review here.