{"id":2748,"date":"2015-02-11T02:45:23","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T02:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=2748"},"modified":"2017-07-11T21:17:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T21:17:27","slug":"metamorphosis-octopusreader-miki-fukuda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/metamorphosis-octopusreader-miki-fukuda\/","title":{"rendered":"Metamorphosis: Octopus\/Reader by Miki Fukuda"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Metamorphosis: Octopus\/Reader<\/h1>\n

by Miki Fukuda<\/p>\n

Sever your right hand,
\nset it free in the ocean<\/p>\n

saltier than blood.
\nA smoke of bloody<\/p>\n

nebulae the burgeoning
\nimage\u2014<\/p>\n

Eight-fingered, your vision
\nholds, consumes the sea.<\/p>\n

You are the hand, speed-
\nreading brailed white sand, a page-<\/p>\n

ful of blue fishes and coral reefs,
\nthe hand jumping<\/p>\n

on a conclusion\u2014a meaty
\ncrab. Grab, crack,<\/p>\n

Swallow.<\/p>\n

###<\/p>\n

Miki Fukuda’s poems have appeared in journals including Talking Writing, Off the Coast, Earthlines, Contemporary Verse 2, Eighteen Bridges and PRISM international and are forthcoming in Vallum and Crann\u00f3g. Her booklet Songs from Twelve Moons of the Bear is forthcoming from Leaf Press in the Leaflet Small Book Series. She lives by the woods and lakes of Golden Acres Park, Nova Scotia, Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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