Erased Land ·

THERE WILL BE TIME

This image shows a blackout poetry piece framed by a collage. The original poem has been mostly painted over in black, with select visible words creating a new poetic message. This message is surrounded by a collage of flowers, fabrics, and gravestones.

By MiRan Powell

THERE WILL BE TIME

there will be time
To wonder
Time
in the middle
How
My coat

rich and modest

will say:

dare
the universe
there is time
a minute

For

evenings, mornings, afternoons
my life
voices
from a farther room

I have them
all—