ISSN: 1941-4137
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
Mare Leonard lives in an old school house overlooking The Rondout Creek. Away from her own personal blackboard, she teaches through the Institute for Writing and Thinking and the MAT program at Bard College. She was a finalist in last year’s NY State Di Biase contest. Her poems have appeared in the Vietnam poetry publication from Perfume River, Rats Ass Review, Figroot, Sweet Tree, Eunoia, Unbroken, and most recently in Ariel Chart. Her new chapbook, The Dark Inside Her Hooded Coat will be out soon from Finishing Line Press
Poets Resist
Edited by Asante Keron Hamid
November 1, 2018
Edited by Asante Keron Hamid
November 1, 2018
Hear Them Laugh Forever
You will always be huddled
in second class on this train,
pull close to the others. Do not
fix your hair, cross your legs
slouch in the chair. Refuse
the offer for first class.
Understand, don't you,
If you climb those stairs
you're asking for it.
It's a boy's game, to push
to maul, to tear. ha-ha
You made it to the top.
Move down the stairs
like a cat. Do not fix
your hair. Laughter
will chase you out
the door, be with you
forever. Say after me,
"It's only a game,
boys playing rough."
"Let them always be
on top."
Poets Resist is published by Glass Poetry Press.
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All contents © the author.
