I have three poems showcased on the Fevers of the Mind Website. I guess they went up yesterday, but I just saw them shared today. One is a Leonard Cohen inspired poem.
My thanks to editor David L O’Nan!
I’m going to share the last one, “Spaces” with Open Link Night on dVerse. It’s live!
Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings 
Loved them all, Merril, but that middle piece is best IMO. I esp like the sapphire waves reflecting the silver wings of the Angel of Death snapping up the rainbow flounder. Great visuals! Congrats!
Thank you, Ron. I appreciate that your read them and let me know what you liked.
When I wrote this, the ospreys had been very busy fishing at the river.
Beautiful poems. Merril. Thanks so much for sharing. Congratulations! A nice way to kick off the weekend. 🙂
Thank you very much, Jill!
Congratulations, Merril.
This is my favorite (from Spaces) —
“There’s a space in the tumble of a wave
just before it hits the sand,
when you can see the fold of time”
Thank you so much, Ken.
I’m fond of those lines, too.
Nice mix (& congrats) – I especially like where you took Leonard Cohen’s words; and the notion “see the fold of time”.
That you so much for reading and letting me know you enjoyed them!
I enjoyed reading them yesterday, congratulation!!
Thank you very much, Tricia!
Congratulations Merril; three wonderful poems! My favorite was ‘Spaces’ because it appeals to my sense of the infinite 😊
Thank you so much, Ingrid.
Yes, I started thinking about different kinds of spaces. . . and that’s where it led.
Congratulations, Merril! A wonderful trio of poems… hard to pick a fave!
Thank you for reading, Dale!
Never a waste of time 🙂
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ps. I love your Leonard Cohen.
Thanks so much, David! 💙
You’re so welcome.
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They are all wonderful. Birds of course but I love your wave image.
Congratulations! (K)
Thank you so much, Kerfe!
Congratulations, Merril. Beautiful work. Spaces is particularly perceptive
Thank you very much, Derrick. Spaces is my favorite of the group.
I enjoyed all three poems–but “Spaces” is the one that carried me away!
Thank you, Liz. That’s my favorite, too. 😀
You’re welcome, Merril. 😀
Went over and read the poems. Wonderful, Merril. I am especially enchanted by the Leonard Cohen inspired poem. Thank you!
Thank you very much for reading, Resa! They were going to be in an anthology of Leonard Cohen poems, but the editor decided he couldn’t do it right now.
Spaces lovely!
Thank you!
Cohen has been my Muse so many many times, as does Joni Mitchell. Odd that they were a couple or a time. I enjoyed your live recitation of SPACES.
Thank you, Glenn!
I read Spaces and some of your other poems at your website fevers of the mind.
Nice hearing you read Spaces today at the Live meet
Much💜love
Thank you so much for reading, Gillena! 💙
Fevers of the Mind is not my Website. It’s David L O’nan’s. He also publishes anthologies.
Many many heart congratulations, Merril 😀 I so enjoyed “Spaces,” especially this bit in particular; “a fraction of a second that vanishes with the evanescent sparkle of spindrift in the air, a synaptic connection made and gone, winged on white gull against grey-blue sky.”💝💝
Thank you so much, Sanaa! ❤️
“And so, we waltz, three-quarters beyond time” … be still my heart, the Cohen inspired poem is my favorite. Enchanted doesn’t come close to how I felt/feel about him.
Thank you so much for reading all three, Helen. They were going to go into a Leonard Cohen anthology, but David L O’Nan decided not to do the anthology, so he offered to publish the poems on his site instead. I believe there are other Cohen inspired poems he’s published.
We saw a wonderful Leonard Cohen dance program from a Montreal ballet a few years ago.
A really great poem Merril. I love the synapse connection of the wave with the shore.
Congratulations on getting your poems showcased!
Thank you so much, Dwight! I appreciate your kind words!
You are welcome!
You picked my favourite to read 🙂 great to see and hear you last night!
Thank you so much, Ingrid!
So enjoyed hearing you read at LIVE! And congratulations on these being published.
I like them all very much. I am most smitten with these words
“And so, we waltz, three-quarters beyond time,
pausing like birds, then soaring high again,
in rhythm, feeling the universe’s beat.”
Thank you very much, Lillian. And thank you for hosting!
Congratulations, Merril. Such beauty in your words.💙
Aww–thank you so much!
I loved to hear you read them but all three poems are excellent… good and well-deserved publication.
Thank you so much, Bjorn!
Gorgeous poems, Merril! I especially love the first one, too many beautiful lines to mention. The line “fly shadow-winged toward the blazing sun” really sticks with me, and “that space between heartbeats” ❤
Thank you so much for reading them! 💙