you don’t need to get so upset
i say
look! a rainbow over there!
i say
people don’t have the courage to be kind
i say
through murder and war, god is here
i say
god is not asleep, my dear boy, god is not asleep
i say
suffering is what we eat, love is what we birth
i say
weep all your hungers into the sky
i say
the stars will dance between the wounds
i say
laughing is how to make your body a diamond
i say
hold the heavens open for everyone
i say
see, you never were alone
i say
you don’t need to tremble
i say
there are rivers and elms in the light behind death
i say
home is all of these thorns and all of these songs
i say
home is a forgetting and a remembering
i say
home is a black and silver thread inside your tongue
i say
helps our Veterans heal as an RN in the Seattle area. He attributes his writing skill to listening to rain fall upwards from the bottom of a fictional aquarium. His most recent book, each imaginary arrow, is now available from Impspired Press. Earlier this year, Meat for Tea Press published his collaboration with Lillian Necakov and Lauren Scharhag, Midnight Glossolalia. Upcoming early in 2024: his collaboration with California poet Daniel McGinn, Fill Me With Birds (Meat For Tea Press), and his book of prose poems, Sapphires on the Graves (Glass Lyre Press).
Links to Scott’s other books, including his first collection, The only thing that makes sense is to grow (Moon Tide Press, 2019), are available at his website: Ferrypoetry.com
