Marcus Liljedahl


CORE OF LIGHTNESS


dreaming (my life) the crevice in an ancient vault widens

empty rooms anchored in a mirage of blue bells

between distance and closeness the language of birds

lighthouse leaving a hole of illumination

stone angels sweet oblivion dripping from their lips

as a blank slate I stagger (and fall) into the white sun




Marcus Liljedahl was born in the town of Malmö, Sweden, 1972. He has been working as an opera singer at The Gothenburg Opera since 1998. His poetry has appeared in Modern Haiku, Frogpond, The Heron’s Nest, Chrysanthemum, Bones, Under The Basho, Bottle Rockets and others. He is the initiator of The Haiku Vortex, a Facebook group for experimental, avant-garde haiku.
 
 
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