Dossier Journal: Read » Haley Lasché http://dossierjournal.com/read Poetry-Fiction-Theory-Critique Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:26:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Whole Whale: A Poem by Haley Lasché http://dossierjournal.com/read/poetry/the-whole-whale-a-poem-by-haley-lasche/ http://dossierjournal.com/read/poetry/the-whole-whale-a-poem-by-haley-lasche/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:17:35 +0000 Haley Lasché http://dossierjournal.com/read/?p=737 We feel lucky in moments we’ve survived the heart

saved the whole whale: oil, fire.

We build a tent out of bones

the red red red of shadow inside a canyon

keeping us close enough

though our desires scream: splitter.

An equal love spreads over the tongue

holding us down; guiding us back.

We hold our teeth inside our mouths

careful not to push too hard on wisdom: oil, fire.

Sleepless nights. Aching stomachs.

Skin too new to stretch.

Haley Lasché has her MFA from Hamline University. Her poems and essays have appeared in lit mags and anthologies such Not a Muse, Poemeleon, The Crab Creek Review, The Furnace Review, etc. She has performed them in art galleries, bookstores, on top of bars and in friends’ living rooms. In addition to writing, she is a college instructor, a postmodern dancer and a punk-rock fashion model.
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