Poetry Friday: In Memory of Ilene Kaminsky
I actually posted this poem last Friday – it was almost like I had a presentiment of losing Ilene – and she commented to thank me for sharing her poem. Reading it again… Continue reading
I actually posted this poem last Friday – it was almost like I had a presentiment of losing Ilene – and she commented to thank me for sharing her poem. Reading it again… Continue reading
I couldn’t imagine livingWithout the air I breatheThat used to swell my chestWhere two breasts used to be.Now with one and a part on the rightAnd a port inserted in my chestSwiss cheese… Continue reading
A prayer of shelter and shadow Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireas na daoine.– It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.– It is in the shadow of each… Continue reading
This is What Was Bequeathed Us This is what was bequeathed us:This earth the beloved leftAnd, leaving,Left to us.No other worldBut his one:Willows and the riverAnd the factoryWith its black smokestacks.No other shore,… Continue reading