42opus
is an online magazine of the literary arts.
28 October 2005 | Vol. 5, No. 3
The Week in Renovation: Friday
They tell you
that when you think
you can breathe,
you'll bury
what you draw.
Most trouble starts
near home,
they say,
where you think
you can breathe.
Talk to nine people
and you will hear nine
signs of a change
in the weather:
harbingers,
signals, the breaks,
good or bad,
that will follow.
They all say
that the last house
standing after
the twister
was later taken
by something
from within.
About the author:
Carolyn Guinzio's book West Pullman won the 2004 Bordighera Poetry Prize and will appear in a bilingual English/Italian edition this year. A new manuscript was one of ten finalists for the 2005 Del Sol Press Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared recently or is forthcoming in Indiana Review, Luna, New American Writing, Octopus, Colorado Review, Willow Springs, and elsewhere. Carolyn has an MFA from Bard College and has received awards from the Illinois Arts Council, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Kentucky Arts Council among others.
Source:
http://42opus.com/v5n3/friday
