2 June 2003 | Vol. 3, No. 2
Strawberry: Weekend Wife
Like shampoo, the scarf smells strawberry,
her hair is her shampoo smell, the shade
of strawberries in the sun. She secreted
her hair from the sun, she wears
the scarf, sealing the shampoo smell of
verdure underneath, his backyard is her
strawberries she planted this weekend
then leaves, her smell green
on the platform, brushing the backyard verdure
across his cheek, kiss. Her scarf
she draws from her hair, keeps
her shampoo, leaves him
the sun, strawberry in the late afternoon depot.
Planting her wave, she is secreted shade, wearing
the moving green suitcase, strawberry hair
goodbye. On the platform, he is her-scented.
He plants a kiss across her scarf, gone,
his cheek is her smell, strawberry.
About the author:
Melanie Faith graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1999 from Wilson College, where she majored in English, with a concentration in professional writing. She is an English, American History, and French tutor at The Mercersburg Academy. During the summers of 2001 and 2002, she taught an American History course for international students. In 2002, she ventured into the world of the poetry workshop and participated in four poetry readings. Her work has appeared in The Pedestal Magazine, Facets Magazine, Ken*Again, 3rd Muse, Promise, Thought Magazine, Pierian Springs, Rearview Quarterly, Verse Libre, Digges' Choice, Free Verse, Coelacanth Magazine, Flashquake, YAWP, August Cutter, and forthcoming from Adagio Verse Quarterly, Blue Fifth Review, Artemis Journal, Loop, and Carillon. She recently completed her first chapbook manuscript.
For further reading:
See the complete list of work by Melanie Faith at 42opus. Browse the contents of 42opus Vol. 3, No. 2, where "Strawberry: Weekend Wife" ran on June 2, 2003. List other work with these same labels: poetry.
