If The Sky Won’t Have Me
Poems by Anne Leigh Parrish | Unsolicited Press Apr. 2023
Lie Down
Lie down, let the earth cover you
Settle among the bones & stone
This is where they want you
Fill with birdsong the hole
In your murdered throat
Let your rotten skin filter rain until streams
Are fed by you
Lie down, join their celebration
Absolve them of their hate
Flow into the sea
Praise for If The Sky Won’t Have Me
Satisfying. Brilliant. Necessary. A beautiful and masterfully written collection of poems whose words evoke a sense of movement that beckons us back to the page and to the places we belong.—Loic Ekinga, author of How to Wake a Butterfly