A journal of art + literature engaging with nature, culture, the environment & ecology

The Falcon

Jonel Abellanosa, The Philippines

 

The sky’s a stage. No exits, no

entrances. Precision   

accelerates. No gyre widens

nor prey that’s hidden. I

 

desire the zoom, the glide, splintered

light, sky a colossal 

shadow. A tear moves, grasses part, 

field like the Red Sea. I 

 

imitate the half moon and dive, 

hunger terminal as

velocity. Mountains echo

my shrill cry. Angling, I

 

aim at panic zigzagging, ground

pulling my claws. Wind holds 

wingtips. I crack through tender flesh

and soar back to the eye.



  

Jonel Abellanosa lives in Cebu City, the Philippines. His poetry has appeared in numerous journals, including That Literary Review, Poetry Kanto, The Lyric, The McNeese Review, Rust+Moth and Star*Line, and nominated for the Pushcart, Best of the Net and Dwarf Stars awards. His poetry collections include Meditations (Alien Buddha Press), Songs from My Mind’s Tree and Multiverse (Clare Songbirds Publishing House), 50 Acrostic Poems (Cyberwit, India), and his politically progressive collection, In the Donald’s Time (Poetic Justice Books and Art). His first speculative poetry collection, Pan’s Saxophone, is available from Weasel Press.

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