Reading notes
A way further in
Not the final meaning. Just a closer read, a better question, and a few nearby poems worth opening next.
Read for the current first. The literal water is rarely only water.
Opening line
Where the door opens.
The pull of return from the
Center line
Where the temperature changes.
But so, too, does the strength
Leaving line
The line to carry out with you.
And the drown becomes the dive.
If you came here carrying something
Begin here if you want poems that feel submerged, tidal, or impossible to keep in one shape.
Themes in this poem
A good shelf for the days when emotion arrives in waves instead of sentences.
After you read
Stay in the archive a little longer.
If this one stayed with you, keep it. Then either leave a note, keep moving through the archive, or open a random poem.
Checking holds...
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Keep this one close.
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Listening room
Hear the poem in one breath.
A studio reading for the archive, voiced with care and restraint.