Welcome to “Poetry at The Arts Fuse.” A new poem every Thursday

passionflower

am I a country

if I outline myself

life films your lip quiver

if this is the future

let hands open paper

lilies

             that day arrives

matters when money fails

             sometimes it’s

ordering and paying it off

other times its

dangling out here

             passionflower vine

Marina Lazzara is a San Francisco based poet and musician. Her book the House Begins an Alphabet will soon be released by Lithic Press. Her passed publications are The Public Sound (fmsbw Press), Everything, Everyday, Mostly and Soak (Two Way Mirror Books,) and the Backdrop Line (End of the Century Books). Check out her current musical projects here: https://marinalazzara.bandcamp.com/ and https://warmspell.bandcamp.com/.

Note: Hey poets! We seek submissions of excellent poetry from across the length and breadth of contemporary poetics. See submission guidelines here. The arbiter of the feature is the magazine’s poetry editor, John Mulrooney.

— Arts Fuse editor Bill Marx