Beyond Hearing
the sound before
you whisper
movement of my hand
in air
intimate
as skin
impersonal
as a cat’s stare
-
snow
Two A.M.
a drop of honey
hangs on navy cloth
close enough to lick
far enough for wonder
a suspension of light
that waits for dawn
to melt into my hand
Written - Unheard
My brother
showed me music
quavers bunched
like fists
that would hammer
ears and piano -
I saw the notes -
did not hear
the pain he wrote
but could not speak
Joanna M. Weston is married,with three sons. She has had poetry, reviews,
and short stories published in anthologies and journals for twenty years.
She has a middle-reader THE WILLOW-TREE GIRL and a chapbook WATCH-NIGHT in print.
THE WILLOW-TREE GIRL for ages 7-11 print edition now available: ISBN 1-55352-073-4
Web Site
Email: Joanna M. Weston
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