42opus
is an online magazine of the literary arts.
18 October 2005 | Vol. 5, No. 3
The Week in Renovation: Tuesday
First, say:
Today will not end
as if it never began.
Thunderheads are not
gathering. Weary,
dolorous girls approach
the doors in pairs.
They turn
from the calendar
but keep time. I set
my watch by them.
I went to yesterday's
festival, but no one
was there. I thought
I heard music,
but it was only
the pudding stones
sliding down the hill.
Something ransacked
the yard overnight.
The anger, maybe
at finding everything
so dry. There is
nothing to do
against that.
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/tuesdayrenovation
