J. Sam-La Rose is a poet, artistic director, editor, editor-in-chief, literature in education consultant, web/design and tech consultant, sometime photographer, social entrepreneur, and a few other things besides. This is his collection of miscellaneous items - things he likes, things that make him smile, things that make him think, things that he admires, things that he wants, and so on...
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miscellany
All posts from July 16, 2008
Columbia Poetry Review
One of my favorites from this year’s columbia poetry review.
The Widow of Baghdad
by E. Ethelbert Miller
After another funeral
the widow removes her black dress
and turns it over to darknesswhere
it hangs itself in the corner of the room.
Turning to look into her mirror
She discovers a lump in her breast—
A bomb resting in her handsIn Baghdad even soft things explode.
A husband’s smile sleeps on a sidewalk
glass glittering instead of teeth.
flipped eye bookstore »
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