blue skies poetry

the wind blew strong
vibrato held notes

on michigan’s lock
until your voice reached

over my shoulder
and spoke my name:

I jump screamed
at the sound

~ Anne Sorbie

Anne Sorbie was born in Paisley, Scotland and she lives and writes in Calgary. Her fiction has appeared in journals such as Geist and Other Voices. Anne’s first novel, Memoir of a Good Death, is forthcoming (September 2010) with Thistledown Press.

Read more of Anne Sorbie’s poetry:
– some quaint perched aerie on the cliffs of time #2

Editor’s note: This poem is one of a series of ten “neruda spell” poems by Anne Sorbie that are being featured on blue skies poetry this week.

Filed under: Anne Sorbie by akublik Date 24 February, 2010