Terry Trowbridge
Relatives of the Thoughtful Jellyfish
Jellyfish knurls itself into a fist just before takeoff, middle of the scootch, when the whole ocean appears to hold its breath Jellyfish closes the distance between extremities, proving it is related to frog, swish-to-hop, hop-to-swish, close-open frog-like jellyfish Jellyfish knurls itself into a fist and pauses, posed in a curled Child’s Pose asana, holds breath in the pocket of its pocket, being a bubble itself Jellyfish pauses. Illuminated tendrils drizzled up inside the short skirt, thinking about their next movement. Intentional time is invented in motionless invertebrate yoga. Jellyfish blooms with tentacular petals, zigzags adrift in conscientious scoops, one step at a time, proving it is related to snail, steps made from scooping whole bodies. |
Researcher Terry Trowbridge’s poems are in Pennsylvania Literary Journal, Carousel, Lascaux Review, Kolkata Arts, Leere Mitte, untethered, Snakeskin Poetry, Progenitor, Nashwaak Review, Orbis, Pinhole, Big Windows, Muleskinner, Brittle Star, Mathematical Intelligencer, Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, New Note, Hearth and Coffin, Synchronized Chaos, Indian Periodical, Delta Poetry Review, Literary Veganism and more. His lit crit is in BeZine, Erato, Amsterdam Review, Ariel, British Columbia Review, Hamilton Arts & Letters, Episteme, Studies in Social Justice, Rampike, and The /t3mz/ Review. Terry is grateful to the Ontario Arts Council for his first writing grant.