Emerald Shark, by t.m. thomson

Creation, by Ida O'Keeffe (USA). Date uncertain, prob. 1930s.

Emerald Shark

Creation was starless
obsidian--it broke and ravens
shivered their way
to the ends of planes
and orbs.
Vapors roiled against sharp
angles mixing cobalt and periwinkle
and gold shadows.
Declivities turned into tangents
alchemied into fine points
that then stabbed spheres
opened and swallowed them
as if the first animal
was an emerald
shark.

t.m. thomson

​Three of t.m. thomson’s poems have been nominated for Pushcart Awards.  She has co-authored a chapbook of ekphrastic poetry, Frame and Mount the Sky (2017); her chapbook Strum and Lull placed in Golden Walkman’s chapbook competition (2017) and is due out soon; and her chapbook The Profusion will be published in 2019.