Sep 13, 2009
Crow Matinee
A lone crow squawked and cawed so much
he caught my after lunch inattention
while he arrowed to the ground,
swiped an empty ice cream cone
carrying it high into a bare tree.
As though he held a...
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Sep 13, 2009
Friday Crash for Grace Simpson
I yank off my face,
hang it on the doorknob,
turn the lock and stop the clock.
End of a wicked week
that feels like a hangover I don’t deserve,
caught like a summer cold.
I find myself leaning, almost...
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Sep 13, 2009
Mr. Mudzingwa’s Death
Even before the drumming woke me at midnight,
I knew that my father-in-law would be dying.
I saw it in a dream two days ago but kept it to myself.
I went to the fields to gather musosawafa leaves
for...
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Katherine De Lorraine holds an M.A. in English and M.F.A. in creative writing. She has taught English and creative writing in colleges, universities, and secondary schools.
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