Rib|Cage
by Marsha Pomerantz
About the Author:
Marsha Pomerantz is the author of The Illustrated Edge (Biblioasis, 2011).
About the Author:
Marsha Pomerantz is the author of The Illustrated Edge (Biblioasis, 2011).
Green, of May, all poised, unready. Bristly, in a pale shade. I pass a slow hand over these heads of children not mine.
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Allegro ma non tanto. Alleg-
retto. Allegro assai. Allegro appassionato. Andante
cantabile. Andante con moto. Sehr langsame Viertel.
Allegro amabile. Allegro
Mothers don’t eat. It had come to my attention that mothers were fueled by something other than food: possibly telephone talk and worry. I wondered how old you had to be to turn into a mother and not have to eat anymore.
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The tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...
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The thing about new blooms is that they tend to bleed— / Those petals birthed / hugging close / that come warmer weather are tricked into jumping away...
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I spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...
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