Luminant Liberation - E Kraft

charcoal shadows expand then reach

venomous serpentine arms in globs of gouache

striking then exploding across the pristine canvas

splattering into a darkly haunting forest

their burnt branches twist, turn into themselves,

poke their calloused, gnarled knees above the ground

silently rest near their little pet poppies

as a stream of light

trickles through

a gentle

silhouette

translucent

almost ethereal

even to this surrounding

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E Kraft is a poetry editor whose poems have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes multiple times and published by The Hanging Loose Press, The National Poetry Quarterly, and others. She is grateful for everyone who has read her poems or attended her readings, including her favorite dog from the local shelter.