Catherine Fletcher
1H
shake the globe how many possible states
so abundant atomic flood
of primordial combustibility primary H
this
universe is no plane it heaves ripples
in invisible concentric spheres
feeding
one
photon one e merging waves
jumping orbit to orbit numbering
one
in fire this omega element is
luminous so luminous in fusion
creation’s proving ground H ignites Shiva-like unbecoming
present visible becoming
origins dust clouding
fallout descending
so abundant atomic flood
of primordial combustibility primary H
this
universe is no plane it heaves ripples
in invisible concentric spheres
feeding
one
photon one e merging waves
jumping orbit to orbit numbering
one
in fire this omega element is
luminous so luminous in fusion
creation’s proving ground H ignites Shiva-like unbecoming
present visible becoming
origins dust clouding
fallout descending
Biography
Catherine Fletcher is a Virginia-based writer. Recent work has appeared in journals such as Hopkins Review, Entropy, New Contrast, and Burning House Press, among others. She was a TWP Science and Religion fellow at Arizona State University from 2016-18 and has earned grants from Queens Council on the Arts, the Brooklyn Arts Council, and the AEV Foundation. She served for a decade as Director of Poetry Programs at the New York-based organization, City Lore, specializing in the grassroots poetry of immigrant communities. She also was Managing Director of the Los Angeles-based Ghost Road Company and served on the organizing committee of the Edge of the World Theater Festival, which highlighted the work of Los Angeles’ small theatres.
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