Dreaming a Poem by Robin Wright

chase the stain across
the paper with pen
a silk scarf around
your spaghetti strings
read from ghost encyclopedia
bleached words scraped
from the sky
carry on or stop
bribe or beat
scratch concrete
for a chord of clarity
best to the front
last long and prosper
Robin Wright lives in Southern Indiana. Her work has appeared in Sledgehammer Lit, Ariel Chart, Spank the Carp, Muddy River Poetry Review, Rat’s Ass Review, Bombfire, Re-side zine, and others. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee, and her first chapbook, Ready or Not, was recently published by Finishing Line Press. @Robin_C_Wright