6 Poems

Ellie Parker

HEAVEN IS A POINT OF VIEW

yet all i have

what left all

i have yet

A BETTER TIME TO MEET

guilty in my thinking of

as though i have betrayed

this furnished room

how ordinary my desire

to paint it yellow

VIEW FROM MY FIRE ESCAPE

i watched you look at the tree

that is me that is your dog that is

the door

NO SUCH THING AS LOVE WITHOUT CONDITION

sliver of blue

at the end of the street

how it fades

the closer we get

FOR THE FIRST TIME I FEEL BEAUTIFUL

a tennis ball

doing everything

at terminal velocity

WORLD WITH NO ONE IN IT

a sign

blinking: OPEN