11/22/2019 POETRY: HEGE JAKOBSEN LEPRI8 POEMS: SENRYU, HAIKU, KYOKA, TANKA I How did she do it Red Riding Hood, luring wolves into extinction? Was it expert marketing or her flawless marksmanship? II Is this blazing earth just angry - or signing our Eviction-notice? III The heavens last night Poured out their discontent heart Flooding our basements IV Showers in forecast After us comes the deluge Our prospectless toast Too drunk to dream a future Our off-key drinking song V While the ice cap thaws I'll regret my lusting for Gentler winter winds VI Lonely ice flake floats on lukewarm Arctic waters - my eyes are melting The edges of existence now bend toward depression VII Mid-summer sultry tiny bug bites won't disprove our insect collapse I offer my scratchy arms In pursuit of atonement VIII The city's humming I listen for sounds of hope through morning traffic Hege Jakobsen Lepri is a Norwegian-Canadian translator and writer. She returned to writing in 2011 and had her first story published in English in J Journal in 2013. She has since been published widely in Canada and the US. Her most recent work is featured or forthcoming in The New Quarterly, Carve Literary Magazine, Hobart, Agnes and True, Journal of Compressed Arts, Gone Lawn, Belletrist, Crack the Spine, Prism International and elsewhere. You find her on her on twitter @hegelincanada, Instagram: @hege.a.j.lepri and on her website: www.hegeajlepri.ca Comments are closed.
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