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The Sunday Poem: Gina Marselle... Neptune

"Where the hell are all the stars?" asks our mountain. Sometimes the landscape has all the answers, sometimes not. But that is where we look..

Gina Marselle teaches English and reads her poetry at local coffee shops and art galleries. Earlier this summer she was featured at Church of Beethoven. Gina hosts a monthly online blog radio show called “The Grainy Notes of Poetry” in collaboration with Rafael Francisco Jose Alvarado.

Neptune

my teeth are broken

the moon cries with me

her heart murmurs

cries from loneliness

waterfalls laughter

inside shadows

buries feelings

behind parched lips

in the distance

a massive lone mountain

paces between empty mesas

bellows,

where the hell are all the stars?

sits by the ice river

bleeds scarlet earth ballads

composed in minor notes

played a thousand myths ago

by a haunted rosewood cello

resurrecting Vivaldi’s Op. 8.

in giant steps

time is left

inside a dinosaur path

leading away from Santa Fe

straight south

into open space

I follow allusions

tie illusions with a satin bow

and arrow into graveyards

break bones

dig marrow out

play martyr one more time

stainedsufferingblind (suicide)

speeding cars pass

energy is a maze

like red poppies

in a black & white photograph

chaos inside a beating heart

echoes life

(echoes life)

--Gina Marselle

Poetry submissions are welcome. Email theditchrider@gmail.com.

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Comment by Aaron Greenwood on November 28, 2011 at 9:10am: This is the kind of poem I really like because it is not literal. It is meant to take you somewhere without giving you specific directions, It is like listening to the wind. The opening lines got my attention and held it.

my teeth are broken

the moon cries with me

They have strength. I mean the whole poem does, a poetic soliloquy if you will.

Comment by Gina M on November 28, 2011 at 9:34am: Thank you so much for posting my poem. It means so much. Thank you also for liking the abstractness of this poem. What a beautiful comment Aaron, thank you.

Comment by Ben Moffett on November 28, 2011 at 1:46pm: Very nice, Gina. As a rookie to poetic comment, I struggle, so I waited for someone with Aaron's insights to speak first and clarify for me, as I was missing the big picture. I loved the individual verses, particularly the dinosaur path, which is so familiar to me. I believe it can stand alone for the thought(s) in provokes on deep time and space.

Comment by Dee Cohen on November 28, 2011 at 3:34pm: Hi Gina, Thank you for this poem, which feels to have many mythic overtones. Or perhaps it can be viewed as a personal allegory, a struggle for self understanding. I love all the natural elements in the poem. Best, Dee

Comment by Margaret Randall on November 28, 2011 at 6:00pm: I love the mountain pacing between the mesas... Thanks for this poem. And the photograph is great as well!

Comment by Yasmeen Najmi on November 28, 2011 at 9:40pm: love it!

Comment by Gina M on November 28, 2011 at 11:47pm: Thank you! An honor to have such lovely comments. I feel encouraged. Blessings!

Comment by Merimee Moffitt on January 15, 2012 at 6:22pm: Gina Bobina, I love this--sassy strong and contemplative all at once. the scarlett ballads bled by earth---very nice--lots of grounding and life-giving energy here xoxox mm