POETRY 2024: Bess Genevra Streeter by Barry Carter

Bess Genevra Streeterby Barry CarterWhat binds dreamer to dream?Did a girl collect the moon'sReflections from NebraskanStreams to expand an innerPearl around which narrativesWould orbit.Cedar falls, Elmswood twinnedLike two dreaming winds thatIntersect to blow fruit fromBranches of time for a writerTo find in moonlit orchardsOf her imagination.Readers tears fall ontoPages of first publication,Characters drowned inThe tears of time. Do windsAge, books in a library aboutHeartland/Plains, to gageTime and space, preservingThemes like sleeper lockedInto a dream consumedBy sound of NebraskanRivers, are eyes reflectedOn water caught in thoseOf migrating birds. CloudsAre like eyes moving acrossWords. Fingertips areImperceptible on bookSpines, binding love ofGenerations.Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record Better off Dead here. Support the showThank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below.If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact:Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at [email protected] Hickman, multimedia producer, at [email protected] Lammers, podcast host, at [email protected] inquiries: [email protected] to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe to The Mountain-Ear in print and online.Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website.Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.earListen and watch on YouTube today.Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout.Thank you for listening!