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Happy to share my poem “Bullet” from the new issue of @rattlepoetry.bsky.social

27.11.2025 09:51 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A graphic featuring a portion of Kai Carlson-Wee's poem. It reads:

in early July (maybe the exact same street corner)
looking at maple leaves catching the rain, I will see only pity
and lichen-shades, barely-there shadows that fall
to the street, and the light will be too far away to remember,
and the words will be drizzle and maple and green,
and before I know it the language will not let me leave it––
the traffic will pass as it always has passed: dependably,
rumbling west of the bridge.

A graphic featuring a portion of Kai Carlson-Wee's poem. It reads: in early July (maybe the exact same street corner) looking at maple leaves catching the rain, I will see only pity and lichen-shades, barely-there shadows that fall to the street, and the light will be too far away to remember, and the words will be drizzle and maple and green, and before I know it the language will not let me leave it–– the traffic will pass as it always has passed: dependably, rumbling west of the bridge.

“Sometimes I prefer to engage with art — to listen to a record or see a film — without expectations," host Maggie Smith (@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social) shares in episode number 1392 of The Slowdown.

Read “Local Mission" by Kai Carlson-Wee and our full episode transcript: bit.ly/47QaRVl

10.11.2025 17:10 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0