Distinctions
Maybe
when you're young
you think
flames of the fire are
where the warmth lay.
But the flames rise high,
straying from the source;
travelers, dreamers of other domains
finding their destiny in the stratosphere
as gaseous jubilations.
when you're young
you think
flames of the fire are
where the warmth lay.
But the flames rise high,
straying from the source;
travelers, dreamers of other domains
finding their destiny in the stratosphere
as gaseous jubilations.
Real warmth lay
in the glowing coal
surrounded by ash—
air of whispers like magic chants
protecting the heat's heart
grounded to the earth,
to stone, staring with its orange eye
beaconing you inward.
in the glowing coal
surrounded by ash—
air of whispers like magic chants
protecting the heat's heart
grounded to the earth,
to stone, staring with its orange eye
beaconing you inward.
~
Loralee Clark's latest chapbook, Solemnity Rites (Prolific Pulse Press, 2025), is an account of reimagined myths and truths of who we are as humans and how we live our histories. She has two forthcoming chapbooks: A Harmony in the Key of Trees: A Healing Myth (Dancing Girl Press, 2025) and Neolithic Imaginings: Mythical Explorations of the Unknown (Kelsay Press, 2026). Clark resides in Virginia; her website is sites.google.com/view/loraleeclark. Her substack covers topics related to the process of creativity and writing: nosuchthingasfailure.substack.com.
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