Standing in the doorway in an I-don't-know dress, hoping
In an I-don't-know dress, going down on a Tom Collins,
going down on a Tom Collins. Off-limits, but the door
Off-limits, but the door has a window; they all do,
they all do, when they're not here. She's afraid
she's afraid. There's only one thing left to do
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Poem Copyright 2001, Shari Diane Willadson | Rain Forest Image Copyright 2000, Sharon Carter
(first appeared in Literary Salt Issue I) |
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Shari Diane Willadson is a writer and photographer living in Washington
State with her husband. She enjoys baking and growing bonsai in her spare
time.
1017 River Road is in an invented form, the Terza Rondele. |
Sharon Carter obtained her medical degree from Cambridge University and immigrated in 1979. Her poems have been published in many presses including Pontoon and King County Metro's Art On The Buses. Publications including her art are: Spindrift, Raven Chronicles, Chiyo's Corner, Disquieting Muses and the Permanente Journal. She has been awarded a Hedgebrook residency and is currently on the editorial board of Literary Salt. |
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