far from home
an empty swing
half my size
hands stained
with tiger ilies
all day this heat
credits: “hands stained”: South by Southeast 5:1
“far from home”: (for Anita Virgil) from A New Resonance 2:
(Red Moon Press, 2001), and Frogpond XIX:3 (1996)
by dagosan:
their babies
never cry
never stop crying
[Aug. 25, 2004]
. . . . . . Join the Sudan Day of Conscience, . today! August 25th (see why it’s important) . . . . . .
State Dept. Report: Pattern of Atrocities in Sudan. (NYT, Aug. 25, 2005)