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Liane Tyrrel is primarily a painter and poet but she also knows something about natural dye work, how to hand build a clay pot and also carve a wooden spoon. She likes to make things. Her newest poems are published or forthcoming in Poetry Northwest, Guesthouse, and Bear Review among others. She lives and takes long walks with her rescued street dog, Nora, in New Hampshire.

JUNCTURE LOSS by Liane Tyrrel

Tuesday, 11 April 2023 by Liane Tyrrel
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Tiny words, real but illegible. 

The dog finds a small dead body and nuzzles it with her nose. 

Sometimes the petals of moon flowers tear as they open. 

A linguistic change is called a juncture loss. 

And here you’ll have to use your imagination because I’m not sure. 

Back then we grew mock orange in the yard. 

At first I didn’t think I would continue. 

Everything including the walls had been stripped bare. 

We say exact whereabouts when we really want to know. 

I was carrying it in a wagon and bringing it back home with me. 

I had visions of log runners driving logs down rivers. 

Gravity affects us and we age. 

I know I use too much honey in my tea. 

Trust is an arrangement. 

Who decides light?

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  • Published in ISSUE 26, Poetry
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