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From The Ashes Of Plague:
A Third April
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From The Ashes Of Plague:
A Third April
The third time the spring came in
she wore Laura Ashley with hues of mint,
a dash of thyme, that friend of mine,
and a hat with a hint of velvet.
She hung a flower on the wood wall,
and many more irises appeared
in purple and orange, the brightest colour
under the ten commandments.
Moses would engrave
your name
in a leather-bound Bible.
What prophet would I ask
to interpret the recession
and the subsequent poverty:
Moses or Samuel?
The next door neighbor lost his job,
his daughter joined a homeless camp,
my grandmother's second husband died
of Coronavirus,
my father could not leave a tip,
while I bought even more irises than before.
--Emily Isaacson
Praise for A Familiar Shore:
Praise for A Familiar Shore:
"I took up my favored pen / and the meter of the salt roar, / the splendid gathering of stony shells / and aged driftwood / splashed off the pages…"
This lyrical mythic collection with its motifs of healing and nurturing will transport you to places you have never been, in the company of surprising characters and creatures.
- Violet Nesdoly
Poet and author
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