Jared Pearce's "New Mexico" (Thurs, Oct 27)
Jared Pearce's books include Down Their Spears (Cyberwit, 2021), and The Annotated Murder of One (Aubade, 2018). Further: https://jaredpearcepoetry.weebly.com . New Mexico I’ve been with the hard earth, boulders racked against the pylons of the sky like waves sloshing the piers, the masts like metronomes ticking out ruin, the weary wash and dramatic slash of the cliff above the harbor as the flood finally bites and buries a stack of rock. A spurt of rain, a peck of snow, what can they do against the bleak mountain set to tear down heaven: no spear of tree, not even the charm of sage, only its bare arms, shoulders, wedged, bent on cracking the door. © 2022 Jared Pearce