The Helicopter * The Heron


by Matthew Hittinger


dollar bill origami pinwheel

         papyrus asterisk

     maze fold map fold frieze

axle snake tangential lace

         spinning labyrinth

    hub house pyramid blade leaves

diamond iceberg bird’s eye view

         broken hieroglyph

    providence eye horus eye crease


Matthew Hittinger is the author of The Masque of Marilyn (GOSS183, 2017), The Erotic Postulate (2014) and Skin Shift (2012) both from Sibling Rivalry Press, and four chapbooks including the forthcoming Thought * Frost * Voodoo (Harbor Editions). Named a Debut Poet by Poets & Writers Magazine, his work has appeared in many journals and anthologies, and has been featured on Verse Daily, the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day, and the Library of Congress’s The Poet and The Poem.