two poems: Nodes / Four by Jacqueline Brown

Nodes

In which we’re digging through any potential consequence and circumstance
(Before and after when there were tulips in cups and flowers from dirt)
The confluence of water and earth
Moon slivers on the backs of the fields to which you feel near
Did you forget to plant the seeds?
Take your time, and in any case, I’ll tell the universe you said hi

Four

After Fiona Apple’s “I Know”

All the while
Waiting for you
You don’t need to try
As you wait for the world to come to
The senses you seek to find
When you open the
Door and see all this time you had the lines
For all you needed to say to
Someone hoping to speak
Patiently wanting to tend to your
Silent light and ease what you mind

Jacqueline Brown ​

is an Irish-American studying at the University of Pennsylvania. Her work has previously been published or is forthcoming in The Blue Nib, FEED, The Blake-Jones Review, the debut issues of Truffle Magazine and The Initial Journal, and elsewhere.