Synkroniciti is over the moon to welcome back multi-faceted Houston artist Margo Stutts Toombs with “Anyone Could Fly,” a poem recalling a trip to Macchu Picchu five decades earlier, “a chance to grab the sky.” Margo muses that, despite the thinness of the atmosphere, the magic of the place and the exhilaration of the moment in time, she was too busy and involved in life to be transported, to loosen herself from the world. The implication is that, in much the same way one becomes acclimated to high elevation, one transitions gradually toward whatever the afterlife holds, supposing one is granted the gift of time. With an economy of words and a cutting last line that echoes in the mind, Margo leaves the reader space to touch and consider their beliefs regarding spirit, life, aging, adventure, and death. She does so with a childlike wonder that is both reassuring and adventurous, enjambment thrusting us breathlessly forward until we reach that new plane of understanding and stand among the clouds.
Experience “Anyone Could Fly” in Synkroniciti’s November 30th issue, “Space,” Vol. 5, No. 4, available for purchase here: https://synkroniciti.com/the-magazine/purchase-individual-issues/.
A self-proclaimed internal humorist, Margo Stutts Toombs creates and dwells in wacky worlds. She loves to perform her work at Fringe festivals, art galleries or anywhere food and beverages are served.Her poetry and flash pieces dance in journals, anthologies, calendars and chapbooks. Margo also loves to create videos. Sometimes, these videos screen at film festivals. One of Margo’s favorite pastimes is co-hosting the monthly poetry/flash readings at the Archway Gallery in Houston, Texas. She would like to give a special shout-out to Cait Weiss Orcutt for her helpful and creative writing classes.