Poetry
Waiting for Lightning
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Reviewed by Kevin Spenst in subTerrain magazine Issue #95
“Waiting for Lightning by Marilyn Letts is an artful divulgence of stages of belief and how one’s faith might both break and grow….Undeniably, Letts takes us through an admirable exploration of form: “Six-word memoirs,” a concrete poem, lyric poems, and poems that rewrite portions of the Bible. Waiting for Lightning reveals convictions reworked into freedom.”
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Marilyn has previously published poetry in Green's Magazine, the Prairie Journal, Other Voices, FreeFall Magazine, the Feathertale Review, Penwood Review and a variety of other print and online places.
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Dangerous Stories in the American Psyche in TheNewVerse News July 28/24
​As Unclear as an Ultrasound in Poetry Pause of the League of Canadian Poets on Dec 24/24
As Unclear as an Ultrasound
Magpies cry for healthcare
smelling the white snow melting
into the brown grass. Months of decay
expose rose stalks that snag Calgary clouds.
Politicians sprout in the sidewalk cracks
yelling “E. coli!” An oil price increase
launches spring:
“This is going to trigger Sputnik 2.0!”
The bigger baby blue summer
sky threatens rain and softens
leaders’ hearts to almost speak the truth.
Poplars taste sugar crystals
when the limp river rises.
The flicker’s drumming pick-up lines
drown out opposition, even the magpies.