Somewhere in My Body Are Two Flowers for the Same Person by Anis Mojgani
Somewhere in My Body Are Two Flowers for the Same Person
Anis MojganiI do not always have the right thing to say
my foot sometimes moves without me
a wing of my library is filled
with only the knocking of one cuckoo clock
and the voices of yellow flowers
a path of empty vases follows us
somewhere in my body
small memories
fold newspapers by the thousands
turning them into small squares
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This poem appeared in Rattle, Issue 39, Spring 2013.
ABOUT ANIS MOJGANI
Anis Mojgani served two terms as Oregon’s 10th Poet Laureate, is a two-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam, and the author of six poetry collections and an opera libretto. A poet and artist, his first picture book is forthcoming from Holiday House/Neal Porter Books. Originally from New Orleans, Anis currently lives in Portland, Oregon. (Source)
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