RAPTURE IN THE SKY

Monthly Issue Contributor
Jul 25
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Updated: Jul 26

By: Andy Oram

JULY 2025 ISSUE

POETRY

Editor: Trevor Cunnington

FLOWERS — <a href="https://www.vecteezy.com/free-photos/sky">Sky Stock photos by Vecteezy</a>

Mountain wanderer

hailing your dominion of the air

winds that I—

settled among the pines and manzanitas

—can’t trace in my arms

your wings sense to their shyest puff

the hours you torque above the valley

every creature crisp under your gaze

hills are but ripples in your swells

fences don’t even whisper a rebuke—

raptors!

Atop the sentient world

crown for me this heaven-chartered home

Andy Oram

Andy Oram is a writer and editor in the computer field. His editorial projects have ranged from a legal guide covering intellectual property to a graphic novel about teenage hackers. Print publications where his writings have appeared include The Economist, the Journal of Information Technology & Politics, and Vanguardia Dossier. He has lived in the Boston, Massachusetts area for 50 years. His poems have appeared in more than 60 journals and anthologies.

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