5 June 2009 | Vol. 9, No. 2
If Given the Chance
Would you search for the source
of god, which is the mouth
and possibly many-tongued,
or for the nest of the swan,
which is a large, open bowl,
a grass house & honest?
The rules for every journey
are written in foreign words
on antiquated maps, the search
best conducted alone
with the beloved at home
lighting the candled windows.
Is the end the moment of discovery
or the return to the warm bed
lined with down?
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About the author:
Sandy Longhorn is the author of Blood Almanac (Anhinga 2006), winner of the Anhinga Prize for Poetry. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Free Verse, Indiana Review, New South, Quarterly West, Redactions, West Branch, and elsewhere. She has received an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Arkansas Arts Council as well.
For further reading:
See the complete list of work by Sandy Longhorn at 42opus. Browse the contents of 42opus Vol. 9, No. 2, where "If Given the Chance" ran on June 5, 2009. List other work with these same labels: poetry.
