August 19th, 2021
Life as an Oak, at Recovery
by Jonathan B. Aibel
Life as an Oak, at Recovery
Forenoon is a wholeness the greening sun
lifts from soil turned in the twist
and chew of earthworms, sunlight reaching
through open branches shaken by squirrels,
gypsy moth carried by redwing blackbird,
a beak full of lunch. I walk the air
paper-winged.
In night’s revolve, the bats flicker
uneven in circles, frogs croak blue,
trees charcoal webbed by spiders
Dig me deep
that my feet can sink into turf,
morel and wood ear, innumerous minutes,
a blink of days.
Jonathan B. Aibel reads “Life as an Oak, at Recovery”:
Johnathan B. Aibel is a poet who spends his days wrestling software to the ground as an engineer specializing in quality and testing. His poems have been published, or will soon appear, in Ocean State Review, Soundings East, Pangyrus, Sweet Tree Review, Rogue Agent, Main Street Rag, and elsewhere. He has studied with Lucie Brock-Broido, David Ferry, and Barbara Helfgott Hyett. Jonathan lives in Concord, MA with his family.
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