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Don't! Let Go

A Poem by Anna

In the fireIt was impossibleNot to love the handsThat ripped me out--And nowI feel themOn my wrists.The pull of hisShoulders, my weightHeavy on theSid..

Storm Shutters

A Poem by Anna

Berdychiv, my homeI miss you inconsolably.A line drawn downInside of mePulls a weight, I cannot bear.The same sidewalk does notLinger, gone in the sum..

Cross the T

A Poem by Anna

I dye my hair blackI love the way it feelsThe way my hands stainFrom it; my soulStained in the songsOf my never-ending youth.The blackbirds outsideCal..

A Taste Like Rain

A Poem by Anna

For the times when IWas soft toward youAnd spoke endlessly inStarlight tones, out of tuneGuitar strings, baskets fullof summer strawberriesand hope fo..

Sydney Overture

A Poem by Anna

Nothing captures the sting of getting close, never closer, and falling away like a shared cigarette half-gone on the sidewalk. A touch from my lips to..

Harbor-Light Vigil

A Poem by Anna

Submerged in the heat wavesOf a long summer, an even longerJune, I spell all my thoughtsBackwards between shady linesOn damp corners of newspapers--Lo..

Glitter in the Nuclear

A Poem by Anna

Where there were glints of light In the distant horizon, passing Through funeral wakes, buildings Decaying in the morning mist-- Ivy drawing lif..

April 1911

A Poem by Anna

The pale introversion paints the morning stillness. A tender moment in the kitchen. It's 7 o'clock. I'm teaching you to make a crepe because your moth..

Some Things Cannot Be Forgotten

A Poem by Anna

I felt his hand against my cheekA tear path paving lines in my sleep--Love found itself growing in thoseCrow's feet, like dandelions on the sidewalk.I..

Still Waters

A Poem by Anna

I could make a guitar weepMake a violin screamA loving voice, a beckonTo griefIf I knew how to play them.I watch the OrchestraThrough a screenInstead...