Fence Above the Sea

Brigitte Byrd

A sample poem from the book

Overlooking the River

What is really important she thinks when she walks through a crossroad and her hipbone sets her on the edge like a door. If there is chocolate powder why do they eat oatmeal. She calls an old friend when the future scares them stiff from a desk. When she opens a bead curtain the daughter tells her of horses and she says the cat likes this electric guitar. There is news from Australia and there is always a risk in netting Western dollars. That her world fits in a notebook carries a strange fragrance when she wants to escape to a forest. Simply put I saw your love stream flow. Where are the violins in this prime vantage point. She likes the zephyr song in a perfect weather and wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-wo-won't you. The daughter wants to be an ambassador and there is a form to sign.