Redwork
/…should I say at the final accounting?
I only wish I had learned quadratic equations
as well as Einstein or the calculus of baseball
as well as Ruth or Rose or Donald…
By Shelly Norris
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Uneven Ground
/The work of unburdening, of letting go, changes us in small ways.
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…path from the walkout
basement to the burn barrel
I have not navigated since…
By Shelly Norris
Read MoreDark Animus
/…of fatherless
whores and castoff mistresses,
the orphaned bastard shadows
of our dreams do not…
By Shelly Norris
Read MoreOrange Honeysuckle
/…it not humiliating
the ways imagination makes fools of us?
Why refuse to confess…
By Shelly Norris
Read MoreSome Mornings
/…mornings barrel in head on
careening straight out of the mineshaft
hauling up the night shift and unordered cargo.
Inside the echo of clattering…
By Shelly Norris
Read MoreA Broom's Length
/…to save yourself, like moon to tide
you towed me around the ice rink
with the kitchen broom extended
between us, you at the handle and…
By Shelly Norris
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