IN POETRY
Implement
Implement
by D.S. Martin
after Emily Dickinson
by D.S. Martin
after Emily Dickinson
Imagine an implement that permits
you to reach further than you
otherwise could flinging your
speech further than megaphone
telephone or internet ever would
to breach the high atmosphere
to where there’s no gravity or air
so your words are heard even in God’s ear
through the apparatus of prayer
you to reach further than you
otherwise could flinging your
speech further than megaphone
telephone or internet ever would
to breach the high atmosphere
to where there’s no gravity or air
so your words are heard even in God’s ear
through the apparatus of prayer
D. S. Martin is a Canadian poet and series editor for the Poiema Poetry Series from Cascade Books. He is currently serving as poet in residence at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario. Recent publications include Ampersand; Conspiracy of Light: Poems Inspired by the Legacy of C. S. Lewis; and Poiema. Find him at: www.dsmartin.ca.