Tara Skurtu

Bystander Effect, Permanence and Weapon
March 23, 2024 Skurtu Tara

BYSTANDER EFFECT

 
Your weapon
is an eraser.
 
Wise stupidity
of bravery.
 
My voice
is the swamp
 
you know;
we know there
 
is no path.

 

 

PERMANENCE

 
Blurring gives the impression
of depth—I
 
remove you without
moving you.

 

 

WEAPON

 
the wise stupidity
of bravery,
 
my illusions
approaching
 
continually
yours

Tara Skurtu is the author of the chapbook Skurtu, Romania, the full poetry collection The Amoeba Game, and the upcoming collection Faith Farm. A two-time Fulbright grantee and recipient of a Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship, the Marcia Keach Poetry Prize, and two Academy of American Poets prizes, she is the founder of International Poetry Circle and a former steering committee member of Writers for Democratic Action. Tara is based in Brooklyn, where she is a writing coach for clients worldwide.

 

 

photo credit: Spencer Ostrander