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Georgics





I am an ambient sister to bees. I hum until my name turns translucent.

A library of moths flutters from my bomber sleeve.

I palpate clouds among runnels of dangerous oxygen.

I write the terminal index of wounds. Your quills are back.

My left hand plucks incisors from their flaring palate.

Black hills stack. I write the parabola of submerged bubbles.

The somnambulist swan fondles a vardapet.

The somnambulist stammers. It stalks synesthesia.

My translucent name purrs from a Spartan tongue.

I write buried bones. Ellipses breed between my eyes.

The vardabed drops his species into the sun.

The somnambulant child speaks through slotted mouths.

If I write over quills they will magnetize like royal silver.

My dusky palate flares. I apologize. A quiver parts its lips.


Connor Fisher is the author of The Isotope of I (Winter 2021, Schism Press) and four poetry and hybrid chapbooks. He has an MFA from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Ph.D. in Creative Writing and English from the University of Georgia. His poetry has appeared in journals including Denver Quarterly, Random Sample Review, Tammy, Oxidant|Engine, Tiger Moth Review, and Clade Song. He currently lives and teaches in northern Mississippi.