Two Poems by Dawnell Harrison

Indigo blue night

The sky blackened with crows

As the night dissolved bit by bit

In an indigo blue light.

My breath lay vaulted in the spring

Air as the street lights lit up blocks

Inch by inch, corner by corner.

One great dive

You unbuttoned my bones

With your tender hands

And I handed you my heart

In one great dive

Into the sea’s waves.

The tides blew spindrift

Across the ocean’s mayhem

And the winds coughed

In one fantastic breath.

I lay before you warm and

Wanting as your hands touch

My translucent skin
In a quivering ball of desire.

Dawnell Harrison has been published in over 100 magazines and journals including The Endicott Review, Fowl Feathered Review, The Bitchin' Kitsch, Vox Poetica, Queen's Quarterly, The Vein, Word Riot, Iconoclast, Puckerbrush Review, Nerve Cowboy, Mobius, Absinthe: A journal of poetry, and many others.  She has had 3 books of poetry published through reputable publishers titled Voyager, The maverick posse, and The fire behind my eyes.