Old Woman by Ruth Rifka
Oct28

Old Woman by Ruth Rifka

  “Old Woman” by Ruth Rifka   Old woman, always you are the image ahead, woman I’m meant to be. What shall I know before I am quietly you, before I can finger-press my will, my breath my body, mouthings of word, burnt offerings of humble deed. You drive. Urge. It is late. Late. I must learn to plant the minutes. A slow, unwilling pilgrim I travel to you who shall greet me from the last frame in the Hallway....

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There Was a Door by Leatha Kendrick
Oct05

There Was a Door by Leatha Kendrick

  “There Was a Door” by Leatha Kendrick   There was a door and her hand on its lever.  In too many clothes – her coat’s wide cape collar, her high button shoes, a bonnet heavy and huge whose beruffled lining frames a thin face.         Enough to smother a watcher.   For more than a century she’s stood, not going through. Was she leaving or coming home? Time has carried her cheekbones into our Susie. Susie running...

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She Let Herself Go by George Ella Lyon
Sep23

She Let Herself Go by George Ella Lyon

“She Let Herself Go” by George Ella Lyon   1. She let herself go    soft    fat   sexual    She let herself go to the library to college to extremes    She let herself go wild   and gray   and all the way  She let herself go deep    go alone    go sane     She let herself stay    She let herself abide by her own rules    She let herself out    She let herself in    Let herself in for it    She put down her mask    She...

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