“The Cairn” published at LatinosUSA

On By Mike U.In Poetry

Hello, friends. Just a quick note to let you know my poem “The Cairn” is now available at LatinosUSA. Many thanks to editor Michelle Navajas for being so kind as to publish this piece. Truly appreciated, Michelle.

“The Cairn”
© 2023 by Michael L. Utley

a handful of stones
the currency of a hardened heart
cannot purchase a reprieve
from the weight of mountains
upon my soul

scree of memories
who can navigate the slope
of ankle-breaking regrets
the sharpened shale
of the empty slate
where hope
was once etched
and now only
dust remains…

You can read the rest of my poem here:

“The Cairn”by Michael L. Utley

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13 thoughts on ““The Cairn” published at LatinosUSA”

  6. Mich, thank you so much for publishing this amazing work by Mike.

    Dear Mike, your work always moves me in ways I can’t even begin to describe. I am lost in the beauty of the creativity captured within the work. Your incredible clarity in how you describe your surroundings is so original. You find yourself walking along beside the two of you, captured by the complexity and the sorrow. Yet the beauty you share as you are walking this path with someone you love is literally breathtaking.

    Each stanza is captivating and stunning. I can relate to this stanza when I think of my first high-school love and think about our last walk together.

    «I held your hand
    more tightly than I should have
    I couldn’t let go
    not then
    (not now)
    but you didn’t seem to mind
    your trembling fingers
    nested in my palm
    like a dying sparrow
    losing heat
    as you lost opacity»

    Thank you so much, dear Mich, for this publication, and thank you, Mike for sharing your gorgeous work on Latinoenglishedition.

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