“Potential” by Ken Gierke

Cornflower, pale
at first glance, seems
royal blue against
a barn's weathered gray.
 
Scheherazade, soft
and muted, rises to a crescendo,
Nikolai’s vision dancing
in your mind.
 
Lips brush the cheek of a child
or an elder with comfort
and respect, yet become sensuous
in a lover's embrace.
 
Vanilla on the tongue
squanders its aroma,
teasing the palate until it
finally swims in sweetness,
 
refined and tapped,
overwhelming.

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Transplanted from Western New York, Ken Gierke has lived in Missouri since 2012. His love for nature, fostered by the Niagara River, continues in Missouri and is often featured in his poetry. His writing has appeared as a micro-chapbook from Origami Poems Project, as well as in several print anthologies, including three from Vita Brevis Press and those edited by d. ellis phelps, Susi Bocks and Colleen Chesebro. His poetry has been published or is forthcoming both in print and online in such places as MasticadoresUSA, Ekphrastic Review, Amethyst Review, Silver Birch Press, and The Gasconade Review. Glass Awash, his poetry collection published by Spartan Press (2022), featuring such poems as Potential and Ageless, is a journey from loss to recovery. More of his poetry can be found at his website: https://rivrvlogr.com/

A review of Ken’s debut poetry collection Glass Awash

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