Two Poems by Louise Carson

Communion

 

Ambiguity adds another layer.

Slice into a fresh made day.

Take. Eat.

You know who you are.

 

Three are forward, sterile.

Fourth perspective shows a liquid light.

Take it. Drink it.

Let it fill you.

 

Admit partial reconciliation.

Use a symbol: the stinking rose.

Secret weapon against blood-letting.

Still no admission to this close.

 

I am no missionary.

Think what you want.

 

………………………

 

To the righteous          

 

With a stiff neck

we praise you

oh God.

 

Starting from one place

all man’s exhausting variations

twist and collide.

 

With only a slight motion to one side

we would see everyone

in the mirror.

 

Mangled nervous cords

might unbend

joyously align.

 


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Louise Carson's work has recently appeared in “Descant”, “The Puritan”, “The Antigonish Review”, “The Best Canadian Poetry (2013)” and “The Fieldstone Review”. Her books, Rope: A Tale Told in Prose and Poetry (2011) and Mermaid Road (2013) were published by Broken Rules Press. A collection of her poems will be published with Signature Editions in 2015.