Elaine Sexton, Drive
Self-Portrait: Between the Car and the Sea
I think I’ll stay blonde
a while longer. Downshifting
for the view, today,
the engine strains
in first gear the way
on foot my body
climbing the last few steps
does. You’d hear it, too,
if the heart
had a literal voice. Silently
pulling for itself,
the will wants the body to
give it what it wants.
How long will these parts last?
I put off minding the flags
lifting their faces. I watch sea lice flit
from shell to sand to beach
eased by transition lenses.
Unfortunately I have just spent the last seven days in hospital
after an injury, and haven't been able to process the September issue and will have to move it back to October. Sorry about this. I may not respond to your emails in the usual time as I am on strong meds.
It's not easy getting a book or pamphlet accepted for review these days. So in addition to the regular review section, the One Poem Review feature will allow more poets' to reach a wider audience - one poem featured from a new book/pamphlet along with a cover JPG and a link to the publisher's website. Contact the editor if you have released a book/pamphlet in the last twelve months or expect to have one published. Details here
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