Start from Scratch:             

by Anita S. Pulier


reimagine the afterworld,

launch an angelic overseer
who fans beastly flames,

illuminates the dark,
invites creatures

above and below to join
forces, reminds them

how very like kin they are,
urging each to recognize

the Other in themselves.
Oh, how worth the struggle

to free frail arms trapped
beneath heavenly wings,

embrace, call it love.


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"Start from Scratch" is part of Anita S. Pulier's newest poetry collection Paradise Reexamined (Kelsay Books).

Anita S. Pulier’s chapbooks Perfect Diet, The Lovely Mundane, and Sounds of Morning, and her books The Butchers Diamond and Toast were published by Finishing Line Press. Her newest book is Paradise Reexamined (Kelsay Books). Anita’s poems have appeared both online and in print in many journals and anthologies and she has been the featured poet on The Writers Almanac and Cultural Weekly.