Portrait of Ana Dali - by
Ana Dali, Salvador’s sister,
/ shown here in an ominous frock,
/ eloped with an amorous easel
/ to the melting apartment block.
/ She waves through a…
sisters
Parting - by
i.m. Julie Betty Rowan
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/ Early autumn the school trunk would re-appear
/ as if to say summer was over, time for my sister…
The Lapland Woman and the Finland Woman - by
They’re peripheral to the story
/ grotesque beside the beautiful Prince and Princess
/ or the Snow Queen in her white sleigh
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/ and even the…
The Witches - by
The witches knew the truth – / smelling my wickedness / with huge hooked noses.
Cocktail hour - by
Measure out, administer.
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/ Katie’s half dribbling, half tiny-bubbling.
/ She’s laughing (gentle). She’s not swallowing this, tells it
/ in a viscous mumble, bright red…
The Blue Jacket - by
When there comes a flower to the stingless nettle,
/ To the hazel bushes, bees,
/ I think…
Doves, fig tree and walls - by
High walls, mute, shuttered windows:
/ La Cour Bastide
/ In the shady yard at break
/ in the hubbub of strange language
/ others chalked the grid…