Luna by Elana Wolff

August 10, 2023
Poem title: Luna Poet name: Elana Wolff Poem: You are full of glitches and I write my little songs. You grin like a backhand slap; I sit and scribble. One in stone and one / aloneness; bed or breakfast, which came first... arm or harm or charm... The secrecies of outer / inner. Flips and language bits— seeing these as p/art of poetry’s work. And choosing from among the waiting words to make them fit—in lines that might be said to write themselves. I cast a piece with you herein, your takes and your mistakes, Moon. You gave your face for free, like Carrie Fisher signed her girlhood likeness— Princess Leia—to Lucas. I tap your beauty too— radiant in phases, grand and warm; at other times, ethereal, oblique. I’ll see you at the waterfall tonight. The song of falling water blankets the sadness. Yes, I’ll be alone. You will be alone as well. End of poem. Credits and bio: Copyright © Elana Wolff Elana Wolff’s writing has recently appeared (or will soon appear) in Arc, Best Canadian Poetry 2024, CV2, FreeFall, Galaxy Brain, Montréal Serai, The Nashwaak Review, Pinhole Poetry, Prairie Fire, and Vallum. Her collection, Swoon, received the 2020 Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Poetry. Her cross-genre Kafka-quest work, Faithfully Seeking Franz, is forthcoming from Guernica Editions.