The 2River View | 28.2 (Winter 2024) |
Kathryn Weld is skin of garter snake sloughed off a weightless promise If I crawl out of my skin, abandon belly plates, parched tail, lies, why I listen to lies—my own— only filled with air a marvel to be found what will I be or become The Rabbi says a searcher A continuous going. When we heard the news, my husband got up burning for the boy who once nestled, trusting, the candle on the curb beside the walk— we must honor the life, however troubled, not to ponder failure. In the morning visible, exhausted of wax and rimmed with tin— And what people brought—restraint and plain | ||
Kathryn Weld holds a PhD in mathematics from CUNY and an MFA from Sewanee School of Letters. Her full-length debut Afterimage is published by Pine Row Press. Her poetry and prose appear in American Book Review, The Cortlandt Review, The Southeast Review, and elsewhere. (website) | ||
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