THERE’S SUPERRADIANCE*
in the motion of clouds — concepts spinning
particles unseen
………….and falling, dark matter’s
……………………..steady hum —
………….………….………….……..she lives in memory
……………………..now, communes with cirrocumulus — today
……………………..less real than yesterday’s
……………………..still-stirring fires —
……………………..the gentling
……………………..strum of classical guitars, light and shadow
……………………..in her palms, her heart —
……………………..VVVVVnight turns time on its head
……………………..VVVVVVVVVVVmasks the ending
……………………..VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVso there was no fall
……………………..VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVno darkling core
……………………..VVVVVVVVVVVjust crumbled lake-cliffs rising
……………………..VVVVVa winter —
Perhaps we need a different discernment
black holes where God
divides —
time for glide, friction gone — planes-of-motion
……………………..backward / forward
……………………..VVVVVflow
*“Where God / divides” is a partial quote from the following lines: “Black holes are
where / God divides by zero” from Alice Major’s poem “Zero divided by zero,” in
Welcome to the Anthropocene (2018), University of Alberta Press, p. 6.
Author’s Bio
Mary Lou Soutar-Hynes is a Toronto-based poet and author of three collections of poetry. Her fourth collection, Any Waking Morning, will be launched in May, 2019 with Inanna Publications. A 2009 Hawthornden Fellow, her poetry and essays have appeared in journals and edited books in Canada and the UK