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March, 2026
“She is a Flame”
by Erren Geraud Kelly
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photo by Milivojevic/via Pixnio//CC0
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She is a Flame
The Worker Bee is the
Candleflame, taking shape
In a jazz of night, my oasis
In this wasteland of ” Greatness”
My whole note in a melody
Of dreams
She is my mermaid in an ocean
Of doubt, my sunlight in dreams
I cannot live without, the grapes
To feed me in cruel March
She is miles ahead of any song
I hear, a star, eclipsing dream
Fear is an ocean, she sails through
Calmly in her boat, she dances her
Dance of dreams, in white lace
And sonnets, transparent, with a
Heart of God so pure, she floats
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Listen to Erren Kelly read his poem
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Erren Kelly is a three-time Pushcart nominated poet from Boston whose work has appeared in 300 publications (print and online), including Hiram Poetry Review, Mudfish, Poetry Magazine, Ceremony, Cacti Fur, Bitterzoet, Cactus Heart, Similar Peaks, Gloom Cupboard, and Poetry Salzburg.
Click here to read “Under Quarantine” — COVID-era poetry of Erren Kelly, published by Jerry Jazz Musician
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Listen to the 1977 recording of Bill Evans performing the Bergman/Bergman/Demy/Legrand composition “You Must Believe in Spring,” with Evans (piano); Eddie Gomez (bass); and Eliot Zigmund (drums). [Universal Music Group]
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Click here to read Miho Kinnas and E. Ethelbert Miller’s poem for April
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