Heart-bone

Contributor: Dawnell Harrison
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My heart-bone breaks
Under the ivory-boned

Moon’s faltering iridescence.
The sea cackles her dark

Descent on the night and
Drags her dregs behind her

Like a forsaken soul.
A grey mist hovers above

The sandy shoreline like a
Fallen ghost lingering, lingering,
Lingering.


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I have been published in over 75 journals and magazines including The Tower Journal, The Endicott Review, Queen's Quarterly, Nerve Cowboy, and The Puckerbrush Review among many others. Also, I have had 3 books of poetry published titled Voyager, The maverick posse, and The fire behind my eyes.