Dorothy Doyle Mienko

ESCAPING THE TERRIBLE FISH

       for Lisa Steinberg

Plath would have named you
and loved your broken bell

the roselike about you red
the bang of no crying

your flowered white heart
how you sailed like a boat

over a lonely river
posey-pink then umber

in the magic of an instant
she would have

Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan Email: ddm525@attbi.com Publications: Stirring V3:E11, V3:E8, V2:E9, V2:E6, V2:E4, etc.

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