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Tuesday, September 24, 2024: Rose Mary Boehm's " Element 79"

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Bio: Rose Mary Boehm is a German-born British national living and writing in Lima, Peru, and author of two novels as well as eight poetry collections. Her poetry has been published widely in mostly US poetry reviews (online and print). She was three times nominated for a ‘Pushcart’ and once for ‘Best of Net’. Do Oceans Have Underwater Borders? (Kelsay Books July 2022), Whistling in the Dark (Cyberwit July 2022), and Saudade (December 2022) are available on Amazon. Also available on Amazon is a new collection, Life Stuff , published by Kelsay Books November 2023. https://www.rose-mary-boehm-poet.com/ Element 79 gold is one of Peru’s major exports A phalanx of red ants on the multi-hued bark. Scarlet, golden, orange skies falling into black nights. Moments when the earth itself offers no aegis. Deep rifts created over sixty million years ago by giants which lifted and folded sedimentary rocks. Five thousand meters high, five deep. Sea, desert, bland, sand, dry, high, snow and ice, lush,