Winged Mage
We are the bees of the invisible.
– Rainer Rilke
When sunlight touches your shoulder
like a lover or a monarch
on a zinnia, you pay attention.
When light sweeps across a field
of clover, all you can do is exhale.
Your mind empties of winter
creeper, handwritten letters the color
of burnt umber. Remember
the last time she spoke your name?
With each syllable sprang
a sacred spring.
Jessica D. Thompson‘s poems have appeared in journals such as Verse Daily, the Appalachian Review, Atlanta Review, Gyroscope Review, ONE ART: a journal of poetry, TIFERET, and The Southern Review, as well as in many anthologies, including Next Indiana Campfires: a Trail Companion (Indiana Humanities). Her full-length poetry collection, Daybreak and Deep, was short-listed for the 2024 Indiana Authors Award for Poetry. Her latest poetry collection, The Mood Ring Diaries, was released last year and was named a finalist in the American Book Fest Best Book Awards for Narrative Poetry.
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