SurVision Magazine / M. Zeferino Spring

Kahlo's window

although I didn't choose
to become this stony ground
I might as well try
to change

as the vast landscape of volcanic rock
begins to eat another village
a window opens in the middle
of my chest

a tangle of grapevines
pours out

blood through leaf veins
seeps into the ground

under a new constellation

everything we own is moored
to the dark water

as the harbor a mile away
cradles our sailboat

everything we want
sends sparks toward the stars

together, my lover and I are
a driftwood fire

walking tree potion

I poured a gallon of lagoon water
into the banyan tree barrel

and began humming a frequency
only the earthworms know

when I drink this potion
I will be committing myself
to the ligneous

I will be ready for the ground
to stir

if you stay you will see me
wallowing in the compost

my mind will branch
adnate to the moist and viscid threads
of the forest

you will see my body finally stretch
into the shape of a tree

I will begin walking
making my way back
into the world

M. Zeferino Spring is currently living in O'Brien, OR. He is the author of five poetry books and one children's book. His most recent book is dentro do som / inside the sound – a bilingual book (poems translated into Portuguese by Maria Joao Marques) published by Companhio Das Ilhas, Portugal, 2021. His poetry book awards include The Turtle Island Poetry Award. He is a poetry editor for The Pedestal Magazine and is the founding editor of Flowstone Press.

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An international online magazine that publishes Surrealist poetry in English. Issue Eleven M. ZEFERINO SPRING Kahlo's window although I didn't choose to become this stony ground I might as well try to change as the vast landscape of volcanic rock begins to eat another village a window opens in the middle of my chest a tangle of grapevines pours out blood through leaf veins seeps into the ground under a new constellation everything we own is moored to the dark water as the harbor a mile away cradles our sailboat everything we want sends sparks toward the stars together, my lover and I are a driftwood fire walking tree potion I poured a gallon of lagoon water into the banyan tree barrel and began humming a frequency only the earthworms know when I drink this potion I will be committing myself to the ligneous I will be ready for the ground to stir if you stay you will see me wallowing in the compost my mind will branch adnate to the moist and viscid threads of the forest you will see my body finally stretch into the shape of a tree I will begin walking making my way back into the world M. Zeferino Spring is currently living in O'Brien, OR. He is the author of five poetry books and one children's book. His most recent book is dentro do som / inside the sound – a bilingual book (poems translated into Portuguese by Maria Joao Marques) published by Companhio Das Ilhas, Portugal, 2021. His poetry book awards include The Turtle Island Poetry Award. He is a poetry editor for The Pedestal Magazine and is the founding editor of Flowstone Press.
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