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From: Vol.01 N.01 – Ecopoetic Ruminations

Hold open the sky

by Sasha Shtargot

Let whatever comes from below

have its place

honestly and cleanly

cleanly honestly,

like the shrill call

of a blackbird

in the early morning dark

 

Let it be present

and seen,

its sharp claws

tearing tomorrow.

Let the explosive breath

break it into light

 

Somewhere a distant

ancient continent

is coming to life

 

Hold open the sky

and let it pass through.

Published: January 2014
Sasha Shtargot

is a writer from Melbourne whose paid work is in public relations for an environmental not-for-profit organisation. He has been published in The Age newspaper, Wet Ink and Eureka Street. He dreams of the ecocentric age and pens his thoughts on the new paradigm in his blog, Sash Rap (sashrap.blogspot.com.au/)

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