Rereading

Posted on June 13, 2021 by stevieslaw

My poem was published today by MacQueen’s Quinterly.

Rereading

is like checking in 
with an old friend 
you find drowsing 

on a porch swing 
in a house along 
the storied river. 

It seems years 
since she’s even 
run a comb through her hair, 

but she offers buttered scones 
and reheated coffee 
that tastes better 

with each successive sip. 
You warm 
to her lilting voice 

sharing stories 
as you walk along 
the mossy path—

tales you knew 
so well once, 
and yet, 

hasn’t their meaning 
shifted ever so slightly, 
like the light 

through the willows 
you walk beside 
in the advancing afternoon.
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4 Responses to Rereading

  2. maryrohrerdann says:
    June 13, 2021 at 3:04 pm

    Cool! And congrats! and “storied” works, regardless! glad you read it last night.

    Mary Rohrer-Dann

    “Tell me, what is it you plan to do
    with your one wild and precious life?”

    Mary Oliver “The Summer Day”

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