List, Pre-Word, Pre-Poem
we have a narrative about the future
medium
portent
foreboding
presentiment
harbinger
herald
precursor
envision
it will be black and white
it will be like madness to us
clairvoyance
I ching
chromancy
sortilege
sciomancy
haruspication
it will emerge from a darkened room
it will need us to hold hands
oneiromancy
bibliomancy
pyromancy
auspice
ornithoscopy
the light we see it by is no stronger than a candle flame
we feel weak in the future and strong in the present
divination
augury
soothsaying
scrying
we depend too much on that narrative
Claire Crowther has published two collections from Shearsman. The first, Stretch of Closures, was short-listed for the Aldeburgh Best First Collection Prize. Claire’s poetry and reviews can be found currently in Poetry Review, Poetry Wales and Poetry London.
qarrtsiluni 
“List, Pre-Word, Pre-Poem qarrtsiluni” seriously enables me contemplate a little bit more.
I really loved every particular portion of it. Thanks for
your effort ,Nan
Wow! A wonderful poem… provocative, compelling– and that last line…