to homepage
back to poetry
   
 

A Back, Turning
By Sara Dailey



On my left hand
a circle of gold,

an open mouth
with no words       coming out,

though the buzz
of brain,
        white hot hum
                                    of noise
is a circus of anticipation,
that pause

before
the show starts.

In the garden
a back, turning
                 to the house.

Your turn.
Your back.

The bees

       circling.

 

 

 

 

 

Sara Dailey has a B.S. and M.A. in English and is currently completing her M.F.A. in Poetry. Her poems and essays have appeared in journals such as Ascent, Cimarron Review, The Bitter Oleander, Whiskey Island Magazine, and FragLit, among others. In 2009 she won the Shadow Poetry chapbook competition for her manuscript The Science of Want, which was also a finalist for the Flume Press contest. She works as a teacher and editor in St. Paul, MN.

 

 

© 2010 prickofthespindle.com