“What others are able to see is maddening….”
We present the opening poem from our Winter 2019 issue, “Rivals & Players.” To enjoy this offering as a broadside, simply drag the green rectangle to your desktop to enlarge and print. Or scroll down to see it in plain text.
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Pathos
or something like it. The names of the flowers
in Hamlin, Pennsylvania. Each typeset
in Berkeley Old Style and printed
on separate sheets of acid-free paper.
The woman described her intentions as decorative.
Which meant words arranged
in vases, words pinned
to thin curtains. Some framed
and hung on walls, others
pressed into books.
They found her assembling a wreath.
“It’s the season,” she said. “I have to keep up
with these windows. What others
are able to see is maddening.”
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Cynthia Kolanowski’s poems have appeared in CutBank, Portland Review, and Spinning Jenny.
