SUBMISSIONS

Submissions are accepted on a regular basis, year-round.
Can include, short stories, essays, poetry and prose.
Must not exceed 3,000 words.
Must be written by a current ESA student, or alumni.
Submissions are accepted: e.s.say.says@gmail.com

Saturday 27 April 2019

The First Lullaby

Catch the fairy of the soul
Clasped within the polished bowls
Place it in the hazel round
And hide it under jealous thorn

Stitch a thread of love and life
Through the forests of whitened branch
Draw a line of hollow breath
On skyward stems and languid leaves

Plant the seeds of slender down
Long or short, either is well
Let raindrops fall onto the bloom
As long as they’re not bitter, but sweet

Paint the berries cream and gold
Glaze in silver, cover in silk
Dot spots on the hill with truffle and spice
And powder it off with shimmering dust

Let gold streams flow between each strand
Running through kaleidoscope falls
Make the wandering sun plant a kiss on the path
Its butterflies painting trails of pink

Listen for cries of the buried mountains
Hear the hum of hooved travelers
Blind the fliers but see their wings

Guiding fires towards the sky

-Jeanne Polochansky

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