La Belle Captive, by Kari A. Flickinger

La Belle Captive, by René Magritte (Belgium), 1947.

La Belle Captive

A rolling stone gathers 
no moss

but a mossy stone gathers 
some rolls.

A loud stone 
inundates her desire 

by dropping down in coal
grey water.

A minuscule 
stone is referred to as 

Pebble. You 
might not notice her 
hiding below 

you
but, a large stone

looms in the frame
of your anaphoric eye.

A silent stone waits 
to shatter the glass 

you view her 
through.

Kari A. Flickinger

​Kari A. Flickinger was a 2019 nominee for the Rhysling Award, and a finalist in the Iron Horse Literary Review’s 2018 Photo Finish. Her poetry has appeared in Written Here: The Community of Writers Poetry Review, Riddled with Arrows, Door-Is-A-Jar, Rhythm and Bones, Nine Muses, Burning House Press, and Ghost City Review, among others. She is an alumna of UC Berkeley. When not writing, she plays guitar to her unreasonably large Highlander cat. Find her:    kariflickinger.com   @kariflickinger   legendcitycollective.wordpress.com