Denise England

Denise England’s passion for languages, art, cultures and connections inspires her writing. She studied in Bordeaux, France and holds an M.A. in French literature. Her poems have been published in the U.S., U.K. and Canada in SLANT, The Ekphrastic Review, Cave Region Review, UAMS Medicine and Meaning, The French Literary Review, Inkwell (formerly Ekstasis Magazine) and Neologism Poetry Journal.

“Ephemera,” “Provence,” and “Fortis & Fugues”

Spearing the oil-sheen shell,
the feathered and gossamer wing,
the snail-curved scales,
Marley pins their still life
now dead, arrays in prismatic
patterns like Fibonacci,
recaptures their stained-glass flight.