Poetry, Spring/Summer 2011

Farewell to the Stillborn Child

by Lisa Valantine

At daybreak You remain a mystery The pure name we never speak Sojourner without a history Seed language called forth out of the gloaming A stalk that wilted out of season Purple stemmed they cut you from my body Already you droop Petals folded back like stars, reflexed and nodding I take you in my [...]

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