Winter 2005

 


WINTER 2005


Janine Pommy-Vega
CRADLE SONG

I lower my bones in you
Adriatic Sea
through the porthole
lapping on my ceiling
all night long

I surrender my joints and knuckles
the watery lining of my lungs
the passageways of breath
and brain wave
rock me

Mother of the apron pocket
crook of the arm
susurrous lullaby O
rock me in your cradle
all night long


Adriatic crossing, Split to Italy, October 20/21, 2003
 
Janine Pommy-Vega
SONG TO THE MOON

In the waning days of red October
you make the shadow of my house
a turreted castle
a walled medieval city
I am propelled to the eastern window
to see what you're up to

Upside down over rising mist
your smaller than usual size,
a yellow half-penny
nailed to the sky,
your intentional remoteness -- you're
up to something, moon.

I'm watching.


Willow, NY, October 2002
 

 

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