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Issue 22: 4 Feb. 2024
Poem: 96 words
By Rose Mary Boehm

Ghosts in the Deep

 
We are fish in an expectant air, bottom dwellers 
bound by laws of our own making. We rejected lightness, 

expected weight. Bound to the bottom of a sandy ocean, 
green sea floors, anemones, thick-stemmed barkful algae, 

we watch fish darting through dazzling skies, mermaids 
laughing at our lack of knowledge. We can only imagine 

what we think has already been created. Celebrate 
the fire-red sea whip, look for redemption in the depth 

of a water lily, learn to walk from the water strider. 
Look up to observe the stingray darken the moon. 
Rose Mary Boehm
Issue 22 (February 2024)

is a German-born British national living and writing in Lima, Peru, and the author of two novels as well as seven poetry collections. Her poetry has been published widely in mostly US poetry reviews (online and print), and has been twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize and once for Best of the Net. Her most recent collections, Do Oceans Have Underwater Borders? (Kelsay Books, July 2022), Whistling in the Dark (Cyberwit, July 2022), and Saudade (Kelsay Books, November 2022), are available on Amazon. Life Stuff is scheduled for release by Kelsay Books in early 2024.

Author’s website: https://www.rose-mary-boehm-poet.com/

 
 
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