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Helene Cardona [USA / France / Spain]

  A House Like a Ship   I live in a house like a ship           at times on land, at times on ocean. I will myself into existence           surrender, invite grace in. I heed the call of the siren.           On the phantom ship   I don’t know if I’m wave        or cloud, undine or seagull. Lashed by winds, I cling tight to the mast.        Few return from the journey.   I now wear the memory of nothingness          a piece of white sail wrapped like second skin.     (From “Life in Suspension”, Salmon Poetry)           Ouranoupolis Pantoum   A love song cast upon the vastness of the deep                            ...