Jessica Grim
Untitled [Myanmar.1]
In their forgiven state
flocks soar
loose ideas
riding currents
only slightly
tied to this or any
life
can you find it
in your heart
friendly reminders
of mortality slip on the wet
concrete floor while
running eyes
on the gates
of home
where when done does
the soul even go
the
bad luck
of so many species’
Mawlamyine Dusk
Lovely quiet of the outage
disrupted by loudspeakers
powered by back-up generator
if your eyes when skimming
a dictionary land on “pelagic”
The Andaman is a marginal sea of the north- eastern Indian Ocean bounded by Myanmar and Thailand along the Gulf of Martaban, and separated from the Bay of Bengal to its west by the Andaman and the Nicobar islands.
ions too polite
to collide hold
court
honorifics
as they flew gave off
a melody
crows and gulls, or neither
The Gulf of Martaban, also called the Gulf of Mottoma, is an arm of the Andaman Sea; the Sittaung, Yangon, and Salween – also called the Thanlwin – rivers empty into it.
tree full of fruit bats
on the corner near the post office
and the colonial clock tower
civil twilight
nautical twilight
astronomical twilight
The Salween river, about 2,044 miles long, flows from the Tibetan Plateau south into the Andaman Sea. Despite the river’s great length only the last 90km are navigable, where it forms a modest estuary and delta at Mawlamyine.
wearing the insomniac night
the darling dawn recalls
when the sky
hums you know
your future
Pigeon in My House
There’s a pigeon
in my house
I am going to open
the balcony door, go for a walk
and see if when
I return there’s
a pigeon in my house
Jessica Grim is one of the founding editors of Away Journal. Due to the pandemic, she faced an early return from her stint as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Myanmar. She is the author of several volumes of poetry.