May Swenson Hair Poems
- 1. Fountains Of Aix
Beards of water
some of them have.
Others are blowing whistles of water.
Faces astonished that constant water
... - 2. Motherhood
She sat on a shelf,
her breasts two bellies
on her poked-out belly,
on which the navel looked
... - 3. Blue
Blue, but you are Rose, too,
and buttermilk, but with blood
dots showing through.
A little salty your white
... - 4. October
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A smudge for the horizon
that, on a clear day, shows
the hard edge of hills and
... - 5. That The Soul May Wax Plump
My dumpy little mother on the undertaker's slab
had a mannequin's grace. From chin to foot
the sheet outlined her, thin and tall. Her face
uptilted, bloodless, smooth, had a long smile.
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