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The Music of the spheres

Erwin Emmanuel Arroyo Pérez

All  the  blacksmiths   strike;

Anvils      tight     in     hand,

Five  times  five  they  strike

Wor     king     piano-     like

Hear     the     anvils    strike


Though  different  size

(Eight     notes    apart)

They     sound     alike.

Lis     ten,      lis     ten,


Three   times  three

Music              keys

Strike, strike, strike

Erwin Arroyo Pérez is the founder and Editor-in-Chief at The Poetry Lighthouse. He has also worked as teacher of English literature and translator. He holds a Master’s degree in English Literature and Linguistics from Université Paris Nanterre and King’s College London, specialising in Victorian literature and poetry. He has studied under poet Sarah Howe and novelist Benjamin Wood, shaping his approach to creative writing. Erwin’s poetry has been published in Paloma Press, The Winged Moon, Wildscape journal, Ink Sweat & Tears, Nanterre University Press and other American and British literary magazines.

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