Marlene Vidibor

 

 

Subway pičta

Winter 1998

 

More than clinging

He clutches her breast

All but buries his head

Within her fullness

Her hands and chin

Grasp his two year old weight

Make small grooming motions

 

Arms enclose him

Forming a fortress

Shining darkly bright

Two panther jewels

Inspect his slack-jawed mouth

His upturned searching eyes

 

 

 

 

 

The map says tundra   
Frigid, flat, arctic land.
Last night a storm came,
Bouncing through  a door in the fog
Ajar,  a split skull
Scattering its contents.

Slogging
Waist deep
Drowning in drifts    
Smothered in gelid vapors
Through mounds of white memories,
I founder.

Behind me, a snowshoe hare's pads 
Bound uphill.

 

 

 

 

Marlene Vidibor was the host of the Phoenix Reading Series held at the Center for Book Arts in Manhattan.  She is also a talented artist, and this is her rendition of the Madonna & Child.

You can find more of Marlene's work elsewhere on the web:
http://www.poetrycentral.com/vidibor.html
http://www.sonnets.org/yoursonnets-v.htm#050
http://www.geocities.com/mvidibor/Marlenes_Jewelry.html
http://www.geocities.com/mvidibor/MarlenesBooksBeadsBasket.html
http://www.geocities.com/mvidibor/PenelopeInTheGarden.html

 

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