POET OF THE WEEK
Karen Anderson
Week of May 8
Back to your body of water collection
15/365
15/365
SOUP
From the sky
to the lake
to the pipes
to the tap
to the pot
Add vegetables, herbs, and oil
Simmer slowly
Sip by the window,
thanking the rain
SOUP
From the sky
to the lake
to the pipes
to the tap
to the pot
Add vegetables, herbs, and oil
Simmer slowly
Sip by the window,
thanking the rain
Karen Anderson 61, Seattle
READING NOW The Dark End of the Street: Margins in American Vanguard Poetry by Maria Damon.
WRITING LIKE WATER I try to carve away the materials that hide a story the way that water carves away wood, stone, land.
DEAREST BODY OF WATER The Atlantic Ocean. I hear it in my sleep.
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