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June 9, 2020 Poetry

Alchemy

Nikki Ummel

Alchemy photo

Alchemy

Gathers me          with her silver gaze

     the moonlight reflects               milk

                                                                       and

                                                                                honey

          she bathes

 

     and the rooftop sings          praise

                         she      d r i p s

 

     and creation cries               out

     eventhesparrow groans

     withtherocks               who shout

 

Nikki Ummel is a queer poet in the Creative Writing Workshop at the University of New Orleans. A career educator, Nikki started writing poetry to help cope with the trauma of teaching fifth graders. She lives in the Holy Cross neighborhood in the Lower Ninth Ward with her partner, Malcolm, and their three chickens. 

image: Aaron Burch


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