Andrew Hemmert<\/p>\n
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\u201cIn that day, the Lord will punish with his sword, his fierce, great and powerful sword, Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster of the sea.\u201d (Isaiah 27:1)<\/i><\/p>\n
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Ignore the koi
\npond empty of koi.
\nIgnore the rain<\/p>\n
tree marked
\nfor eviction
\nwith yellow<\/p>\n
spray paint. Ignore
\nthe rum-laughing
\ncollege girls<\/p>\n
straddling
\na plaster mammoth
\nfor a photograph.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s left? A dragon-
\n fly balances
\n on a century
\n plant\u2019s prongs. A<\/p>\n
rabbit grazes untamed
\n grass under
\n a cracked raptor. Look
\n here, in this
\n raptor\u2019s toothless mouth.
\n Every night, the orb
\n weaver eats its own
\n web and rebuilds.<\/p>\n
ANDREW HEMMERT<\/b> recently graduated from the University of South Florida. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing and a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology. He will begin a Creative Writing MFA at Southern Illinois University in the fall. His poems have appeared in Driftwood Press<\/i>, Symmetry Pebbles<\/i>, and thread<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Andrew Hemmert \u201cIn that day, the Lord will punish with his sword, his fierce, great and powerful sword, Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster of the sea.\u201d (Isaiah 27:1) Ignore the koi pond … Continue reading