INFUSIONS
I watched as you slept, your left hand
bent at the elbow, index finger
pointing west. Your right hand
wanted to point, too, but remained
on your chest under the newspaper
you had been reading.
Every now and then the pages moved
as your right thumb jiggled.
This happened as I was lying beside you
on a calm, rainy day reading poems,
a book of meditative releases
leaping from a spring,
lines oscillating
between myth and fact.
Though you sleep and I am awake
the whole needs only to steep,
strengthening the parts, choice infusions
deepening the color,
marking the well-curated way.
Bio:
Irene Mitchell, a third-generation Italian-American, is the author of nine poetry collections, most recently An Overdose of Meditation (Dos Madres Press, 2024), My Report from the Uwharries (Dos Madres Press, 2022), and Irene Mitchell: Selected Poems (FutureCycle Press, 2021). Formerly Poetry Editor of Hudson River Art Magazine, Mitchell is known for her collaborations with visual artists and composers. She was a recent Associate Artist in Residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts.
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