Featured Poet of June 2023

 Featured Poet of June 2023

   Welcome to the Featured Poet of June 2023! This month we are delighted to have Kevin Broccoli and his poem "Mayflower, Mango, and Palm". 

   Kevin Broccoli is a poet from Rhode Island. He is a multi-disciplined writer who has won awards for both his short stories and his plays. His poems have been featured in Molecule, Ponder Review, and Havik. He is the author of "Combustion" and is currently working on a book of poetry. 

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“Mayflower, Mango, and Palm” 

I Saturn-danced away

On the promise

On mayflower, mango

And palm 

Two handfuls

Never make it

Back home

The lost aroma incinerated

By a costly candle

Left undisturbed

Crush up the violet petals

Before they fall

And let them spritz

The robbed remembrance

You are inside

And on my hair

And through my sight 

Texturing my flashbacks

In gossamer

In soft cuts

There is a particle

That connects 

To every time 

You found a match

And it brings me mayflower

And it brings me mango

And it leaves the palm

For when

I need

Reminding

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Thank you for reading this month's featured poet! Come back next month for more works by talented writers.

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