Poetry That Invites Gratefulness in the Midst of Darkness and Blood: A Review of LOUDER BIRDS by Angela Voras-Hills
From the first moment I stepped into Angela Voras-Hills’ collection, Louder Birds, I knew I was in the presence of something vital.
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Three Poems
Can cats tell the difference between a real and electric fire
Does cold air blow in or warm air flow out
Do you have dreams where you fly out a window.
The Holy Ghost
There we always were, in always again, enjambed helter skelter on a Sealy
Posturepedic neither could leave. Outside cranes pounded the earth, & dead
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Red Tide
Robby Johnson sits at the bar drumming his fingers on a bottle of Bud. He’s been sitting in that same spot, two stools from the door, for the past two weeks. Since his dad and brother died. The only other person at the bar this early is Jimmy.
Eight-Track Tape Player
The sun slants his hapless rays / through spiderwebbed glass, / and amid the hills of newspaper
Sestina
I climbed another mountain and spat on a boulder / because climbing a mountain means nothing. To fish / from the middle of the stream, fresh catch flailing / breathlessly on the shore, gasping frivolous moonlight, / their widened eyes confused: that is my percussion
of temptation, the drum I’d rather follow through the rain
Meterology
When I arose the petals of the pink / were strewn on the table, / debris of glossy tongues.
Bodily Resume
The third line on my brow— / arrived last night.
The Kingfishers
She prefers the psych ward. Her blue / nurse-gloves check restraints, flit like the furtive
Late Style
Seeking out sugar but settling for deer shit / my mother leans against the side / an old Babylonian cigarette machine