All eyes
by Linda Golaszewski
What imagines happening
behind these eyes
the ability to regenerate
cell after cell
core after core spurting a leaf
a branch a new found strength
the push through the soil rekindles
photosynthesis
the dark night of the earth
no barrier to the present urge
push the way of the seed
the need
plants cannot survive
without the burying.
Why not, the mystery
of the potato eye
contains the world
speaking to the worms
Poet bio
Linda Golaszewski has been many things in her career and is currently reinventing herself. A previous award winner in the OPA spring contest, she considers herself a developing poet/writer, although she’s been writing all her life. Not bound by any particular approach, everyday encounters are grist for the word-mill and emerge in many forms—stories and essays as well as poetry. She is a longtime Portland resident where she also teaches, sings and dances.