earth tide

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October 1, 2023 by The Citron Review

by Karen Donovan

 

sketch of earth tide. text states After the disaster he informs me that nothing will change. I don't want to believe him, but then I do. It doesn't matter what is in our hearts. All the towers will fall. The swells are coming off the seawall at an angle, sending undulating huperbolic echoes of waves underneath my boat and back out toward the bay. Lift, plunge, pitch, yaw. Lift, plunge, pitch, yaw. THIS IS STRANGE WATER, I think to myself, then say out loud, as if the water is listening.

 

Karen Donovan is the author of Aard-vark to Axolotl, a collection of tiny stories and essays illustrated with engravings from a vintage Webster’s dictionary. Her books of poems are Monad+Monadnock, Planet Parable, Your Enzymes Are Calling the Ancients, and Fugitive Red. She lives in Rhode Island, way too close to the water. Find her at karendonovanpoetry.com.

 

 

 

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IMAGE: Painted scroll: Winter Journey Through the Mountains Along Plank Roads (Ming Huang's Journey to Shu)
IMAGE: Winter Journey Through the Mountains Along Plank Roads (Ming Huang's Journey to Shu) (Yokoi Kinkoku 横井金谷) , 1985.791,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 18, 2025