Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Tuesday poem #238 : Kyle Flemmer : Constellations




When I first looked up
at the midnight sky
I saw points not constellations

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When I was a child
the stars rained down
on my imagination

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When I looked as man
I saw the patterns others
wanted me to see

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When I grew old
my milky eyes
beheld no galaxies

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And as I die
the stars go out



Kyle Flemmer [photo credit: Dean McLelland] founded The Blasted Tree Publishing Company in 2014 as an outlet for his writing and to build a community of emerging Canadian artists. He graduated from Concordia University in 2016 with a double-major in Western Society & Culture and Creative Writing.

the Tuesday poem is curated by rob mclennan

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