MacQueen’s Quinterly: Poetry & Hybrids: Cynthia Anderson: Turtles All the Way Down

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Issue 24:	30 Aug. 2024
Micro-Poem:	43 words
Split	Sequence

By Cynthia Anderson

Turtles All the Way Down

drawing closer 

bolt awake 
the late-rising moon 
on my pillow 

the helping spirits 

cobalt blue 
an urn the color of joy 
at the altar 

I held at arm’s length 

dead poets society 
my oldest friends 
waiting for me

Bio: Cynthia Anderson

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