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"omen" and "right now"

Two poems by Andrew Lafleche

omen


shanti shanti shanti peace peace peace
why these words dare come to me
at a time like this I do not know

shanti shanti shanti

peace peace peace

I close my eyes and return to that place
sitting cross legged on a firm cushion
inhaling the promise of hope to be found
exhaling the chaos my life had become

nothing more to do or achieve
shanti shanti shanti peace peace peace

comfort beheld in the manufactured
sincerity of strangers: a smile, a bow
clasped hands and an empathetic eye

what is the universe telling you?
are you open to receive? why do you wait?
what would you do if you weren’t afraid?

shanti shanti shanti peace peace peace

and the sun begins to rise
on another sleepless night
and these six words echo
against these hallow chamber walls

​haunting or foreboding
still far too early to tell

right now

I wish I were a god
if only to laugh at
all the               reasons
we seek in earnest
to be bothered over

Andrew Lafleche is an award-winning poet and author of six books. His work uses a spoken style of language to blend social criticism, philosophical reflection, explicit prose, and black comedy. Andrew enlisted in the Army in 2007 and received an honorable discharge in 2014. His short stories have been published on CommuterLit and in The Merrimack Review, and his poetry has been published in Alt-Minds, Barren, Bywords, Garfield Lake Review, Gargoyle, Havik, Lummox, The Manhattanville Review, Military Experience and the Arts, Montana Mouthful, Night Picnic, PCC Inscape, The Poet’s Haven, Polar Expressions, Raven Chronicles, Royal City Literary Arts Society, Sheila-Na-Gig, and Snapdragon. Visit www.AJLafleche.com for more information.
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  • 2020 Summer Folio
  • About
  • Black Lives Matter
  • Feral Parrot : The Blog
  • Submissions
  • Awards & Prizes
    • Handley Award Winners
    • 2019 Inscape Editor's Prizes
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  • STAFF 2020
    • Fall 2020 STAFF Q&A
    • Staff-FALL 2019
    • staff-SPRING 2019
    • Staff -FALL 2018
    • Staff-SPRING 2018
    • Staff -FALL 2017
  • Interviews
    • INT - Adrian Cepeda Poet of the Year 2019
    • INT-Visiting Writer Wendy Adamson FA2019
  • ONLINE ARCHIVE
    • 2020 February Folio
    • 2019 Fall Folio
    • Celebrating Dia De Los Muertos
    • Issue On-7 2019SPR Mental Health Companion >
      • Issue Intro
    • ISSUE ON-6 2018FA Frankenstein Companion
    • Issue On-5 - 2018Su
    • Issue On-4 2018FA Spirituality
    • Issue ON-3 2017FA
    • Issue On-2 2016SPR
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    • Folio 2 - Moon Moon 2019
    • Folio 1 - Vote - 2018
  • PRINT ARCHIVE
    • Fall 2018 Print Issue - Frankenstein TOC
    • Fall 2017 Print Issue - Manifesto TOC