Lookout Mountain

Rick Alley

June 25, 2017 by 6 Comments

Stuffed with the tongues
of hummingbirds

the snapdragons
stoically choked

through August into
fall.

Mother heard
the thunder

days before
the storm.

Of course, her nerves
were a spine

of army ants
on fire.

Rick Alley is the author of The Talking Book of July and August Machine. He was a finalist for 2016 National Poetry Series Award and The Philip Levine Award.

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Comments

  1. Linda Goulden says
    June 25, 2017 at 1:39 pm

    Story, images, senses, atmosphere, form, enjoyable consonance, assonance, alliteration, small package. See what you mean.

    Reply
  2. Yoby Henthorn says
    June 25, 2017 at 6:53 pm

    Really good. Amazingly vivid.

    Reply
  3. Jack Darrow says
    June 26, 2017 at 6:53 am

    this is a good poem

    Reply

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