“Pressing Pause” and “Exploration” by Maryann Breukelman

From http://isabellnwedin.blogspot.com/

Pressing Pause

living in the moment

of intermission

between Act One

    and Two

of this unfolding drama

being the comma

in a sentence

existing in

     and inhaling

the moment

     before

                       twilight

Exploration

the space between life and death

From avarummage

spread out

like a rocky field

blooming with daisies

and thistles

                                    humming

            humming

humming

with bees,

and busy with birds

no paths,

but fully accessible

Maryann Breukelman lives and writes in the Niagara Region in Ontario, Canada. She is a poet and novelist. You can read more of her poetry and follow her at visible poet on Instagram here and read about her novel, The Secret Bookstore here. She is currently at work on a new novel, a work of literary fiction with elements of magic realism.

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