Deborah Akers

RADIO POEM

the past is not a web 
of lost threads 
more like frequencies

entire lives       ongoing
passed over      neglected 
on the dial

emerging in moments
when margins
erode

murmured narratives 
bearing comfort
shock    pain
in equal shares

our truest companions

through the static 
of time    its hollow
white hiss 

Deborah Akers is the author of two poetry collections; partly fallen (Airlie Press, 2015), and backward pilgrim (I-Beam Books, 2013). Her poems have appeared in many publications, and she has received several Pushcart Prize nominations. Deborah makes her living as an educational editor and writer. She and her husband live as quietly as possible in Portland Oregon.