Newly Star
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by Izrahmae Suico (The Philippines)
April 2021

Audio: "Newly Star" read by Izrahmae Suico
I know what my heart is like
This clockwork morning:
It is like a curl of smoke
Crowning the feral embers
From when it danced the night before –
Rococo swirls blending with my breath,
Rising, rising, rising.
After the poem “Ebb” by Edna St. Vincent Millay