Silent Shadow
by Evie Ivy
Where luscious secrets dwell
I watched you by the table
where you played what game was it . . .
by yourself. Your shadow moves
knowing it’s but a shadow
and could do little. It can’t
explain itself. I linger
to understand, view and view . . .
where luscious secrets dwell.
Don’t understand why, only,
that there somehow . . . is your
shadow left. It can’t speak,
I watch it just be shadow.
And I’ve lost the moment near
where luscious secrets dwell.
Evie Ivy, dancer/instructor in the NYC poetry circuit. She runs the longest running independent poetry venue in NYC, the Green Pavilion Poetry Event. She also produces Dance of the Word, a seasonal/holiday program of dance, poetry, music and song. Evie has four books out, including, The First Woman Who Danced, The Platinum Moon. One of which is on the “nonet,” poetic form, No, No Nonets, and Living in 12-Tone,,,and other poetic forms. She’s working on 3 more. Another on form poetry, one with free and form verse, and The First Woman Who Danced II. Eventually, The Platinum Moon, II and III.
