Lucy Whitehead
Sun Dance
My shadow feet are skilled
at scaling sun-baked walls; watch
how they spread their toes, climbing
the splintered panels one at a time, weightless,
unburdened as though they are still in the womb.
Nothing can hurt them in this light-caressed
shadow-puppet state. Not everyone knows how
to dance upside-down in silhouette.
at scaling sun-baked walls; watch
how they spread their toes, climbing
the splintered panels one at a time, weightless,
unburdened as though they are still in the womb.
Nothing can hurt them in this light-caressed
shadow-puppet state. Not everyone knows how
to dance upside-down in silhouette.
Biography
Lucy Whitehead's poetry has been published or is forthcoming in Amethyst Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, Barren Magazine, Black Bough Poetry, Broken Spine Artist Collective, Burning House Press, Clover and White Literary Magazine, Collective Unrest, Electric Moon Magazine, Ghost City Review, Mookychick Magazine, 3 Moon Magazine, Neon Mariposa Magazine, Parentheses Journal, Pink Plastic House, Pussy Magic, Re-side, and Twist in Time Magazine. She lives by the sea with her husband and cat. You can find her on Twitter @blueirispoetry.
