Cartouche by Richard Manly Heiman
I learned a glyph
to speak to your
dry canopic heart
(and what
we whisper
must remain sealed)
if all I knew
along the wind
was sage and bee
It would be enough
Richard Manly Heiman lives in the pines on the slope of the Sierra Nevada. He works as an English teacher and writes when the kids are at recess. Richard has been published by Rattle, Vestal Review, Sonic Boom, Spiritus (Johns Hopkins U.), and elsewhere. He holds an MFA from Lindenwood U. and is a two time Pushcart Prize nominee. His URL is poetrick.com.