Thursday, June 26, 2025

Inclinations by Susan Shea

 

Image | Adrien Olichon


Inclinations


I must be a sister to the Cook Pine

​​​that misses its home 

​​​at the equator so much

it bends dramatically 

toward either north or south

​​​depending on which side

​​​it has been transplanted

 

​​​away from the great circle

I find myself leaning

into the fixed points of prophecy

 

where the center of wisdom

is pulling me over

word by word, verse by verse

into the longing, 

 

where I must know  

the arms of the warmest sun

are poised to catch me

© Susan Shea

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Susan Shea

Susan Shea’s poetry has been accepted by Chiron Review, Ekstasis, Loch Raven Review, LitBreak, Foreshadow, The Gentian, and others. Within the past few months, one of her poems was nominated for Best of the Net by Cosmic Daffodil, and three poems were nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Umbrella Factory Magazine.

2 comments:

  1. As cliche as it sounds, life is a journey. I'm on one right now looking for more positives in life and I can't explain why or how this poem speaks to me in that way but it does.

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  2. I love the image of the leaning trees!

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