New Series – Mercury Transit

I started a new series of poems called Mercury Transit.  The poems explore the time after the end “death.”  Each poem is written  on a day using the words I’ve chosen for that day in my Storeyean poem.  Here is the poem for today No. 6

Prep For Living / March 12 / 2024

Archive:This town looks like space prep – Hipster style.Buildings marked – same below as aboveWalking with a crowd zapped to forget,what space idealist watches from dusty windows &cracked concrete? by Emmy Horstkamp 12/3/2024

Talky Talk March 11 / 2024

It’s not funny. They watch and talk and feel like they’ve lived life while watching someone through a camera.Sitting still, they wait on foggy Monday mornings as the skies inspire the mallard to nest on the railroad rails.by Emmy Horstkamp 11/3/2024

March 7 / 2024

Alone.Morning alarm, ringing twice.Mist lingers on Thursday.Miss the trains on timeother train suggested.Ticket freedom – choose.

February 26 / 2024

Next stop on the route,Sky Blue – Black and Gray,Train slowing to a stop.by Emmy Horstkamp, commuter February 26, 2024

Take Note / January 28 / 2024

Consequences – take note – minutes till yesterday arrives.Today is significant not a now and then.Being here, now, for a second, is *instant*. by Emmy Horstkamp 27/1/2024 Yesterday I slept early in the evening and then went to work to see if I would write more. I did not. So my best writing time is from four

Saturday Sun / January 27 / 2024

Easy views filling the morning,between east and south somewhere – eyeblinking.Reach for today telling old willow phrases in tempered tones.By Emmy Horstkamp 27/1/2024

MoonRising / January 26 / 2024

Moonrising past fivethe day’s window looking clearwatching people stroll.by Emmy Horstkamp (1210 after deluge)

Morning Sprint / January 25, 2024

Full Moon PlanRunning under coverDrizzles of a Thursday MorningCloudbursting sprint.by Emmy Horstkamp 25/1/2024 I wrote the poem above while at work and after finishing the series about the moon. Someone pointed out all the umbrellas outside so I wrote a poem about the umbrella. The original image is cropped to focus on the woman running

Arriving on Time

Today new winds without wordsarriving on time.Invaluable on rainy days.by Emmy Horstkamp 24/1/2024 I wrote the poem above while working on a collaborative art project with Storey Tarris UK. For Salaterre, I write a poem based on artwork created by Storey Tarris UK on that day. The artwork is time based. Each poem in the