this is my hair / aurora borealis
this is my foot / nut-brown beetle
this is my eyebrow / arch of geese
this is my ankle / breakwater riprap
this is my nose / broadroot banyan tree
this is my calf / sheer sandstone cliff
this is my mouth / flying fox cave
this is my knee / embossed manhole cover
this is my throat / elevator shaft
this is my thigh / glass skyscraper
this is my chest / savanna and foothills
this is my stomach / thunderhead sky
this is my brain / wind-riffled lake
this is my hand / curlicue starfish
this is my heart / warm cup of milk
this is my chakra / yoni and lingam
this is my blood / trilobite ocean
this is my body / city of stone
Vince Gotera serves as Editor of the North American Review and also professor of English at the University of Northern Iowa. Recent poems appeared in Crow Hollow 19, The American Journal of Poetry, Star*Line, and Stone Canoe. His sonnet “What Matters” won the Writer’s Digest rhyming poetry competition in 2015. Poetry collections include Dragonfly, Ghost Wars, Fighting Kite and the upcoming Pacific Crossing.
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