Effervescently swathe us is in the sparkly glare of now — slippery skin spellbound
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bubbling— just below the surface —time submerged in quicksand creating semipermeable memories —difficult to discern where my inhales
begin and yours end— synchronistic in this scintillating symbiotic sea spawning raw memories —surreal and gestating amid the dancing
the dreaming, the delighting— in the smacking of skin —the swaying ins and outs of syntax— just a prelude before our minds
cliff jump from the ripening yesterdays and todays of forever— and labor effortlessly— effervescently into the deep abyss of life.
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Ann Marie Steele, who resides in Charlotte, NC, America, is a writer who dabs mainly in pfree verse and prose poetry. She holds a BS in Journalism (News-Editorial), and an MA in Secondary English Education. Ann Marie pens pieces about love and loss, and what she observes and experiences. The loss of her youngest son, Brandon, has influenced much of her writing. Her pieces have been described as “resiliently defiant.”
Ann Marie has been published in The Ekphrastic Review with her pieces, “Every Lilly Donned with Grief” and “I Dare You, Pretty Please.” When not teaching high school English, Ann Marie enjoys partner acrobatics, where she can often be seen flying upside down.