Joan Dobbie

The Viking Spirit

She was high on a sea of sexual flight.
(She was high on a chocolate indulgence.)
The transformation exquisite in darkness.
Ten centuries melted away. He was real.
His auburn locks salty with sea foam and brine.
His whisper a wildly whirling tornado
That churned up a feverish ocean of joy.
Sweetest ghost ever dreamed of—here— in the flesh!
Ancient promise fulfilled, dreams made manifest.
Love healing the heart of a woman made young
By an act as old as the hills and the sea

Copyright 2022 Joan Dobbie

Bio:

Joan Dobbie has a 1988 MFA from the University of Oregon, co-hosts the River Road Reading Series (RRRS), writes family histories, short memoirs and lots and lots of poetry. Her work has appeared  recently in such varied spaces as Wanderlust, a travel mag, Mystery Tribune, and in the EUG Airport’s new short story and poetry dispenser! She also has work in the anthologies Pan-de-Mic by the Oregon Poetry Association and Wising up Press’s Adult Children and will have a poem in Fireweed, poetry of Oregon soon. Her books include Woodstock Baby, A Novel in Poetry (2013, Unforgettables Press), The Language of Stone (2019, Uttered Chaos Press) and upcoming soon, her latest chapbook, Zenyatta/Joanna (hopefully 2023, Finishing LIne Press). She loves taking part in Mike Maggio’s Poetry Month sharing year after year.

30 for 30 is sponsored by Potomac Review