Mute Poets
Seniors sit in mute repose
our minds gone to sleep -
no poems today.
Shining Insects
living secret lives,
sung in ancient tongues
of empty places,
silent and mysterious.
Does Life Imitate Art?
Or is it merely
a wish to fulfil
one wants to be the subject
of a Rockwell or Renior
would we be the hung hero or the
oft – slung political satire?
Sometimes
your actions — create
more disturbance
for others than
they do for you
ice caps melting
water rising,
seaside cities
submerged,
Atlantians say,
welcome
to the neighbourhood!
An Artist
Double vision
helped Van Gogh
create
heat waves
Poet Laureate for the League of MN Poets, Annette Gagliardi is published in numerous journals in Canada, Sweden, England and the USA. Gagliardi’s chapbook: Caffeinated, won the Literary Titan Gold Book Award for 2024 and an International Impact Award, 2025. She has just won the John C. Rezmerski manuscript award, for her book, Benevolence.
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