Noelle Kocot
Divination

Let’s be God

For a moment,

 

Shall we?

That which invites

 

Composition,

That which is suspended

 

From a great height,

The presence

 

Of approximation

Heavy in the meadows,

 

I’m not afraid,

And yet

 

My shroud vanishes

In these lines,

 

I am so wept

Past weeping,

 

And what seems to hold

The world in its place

 

Is evidence of the

Weighted trees,

 

And leaves me always

Wanting.

 

 
Found In Volume 52, No. 03
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Noelle Kocot
About the Author

Noelle Kocot's ninth book of poetry, ASCENT OF THE MOTHERS, will be out from Wave Books in 2023.  They teach part-time in the Creative Writing Program at The New School.  They are the poet laureate of Pemberton Borough, New Jersey.