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Miriam Kotzin


Miriam's Samsong

Here is a woman who's been diagnosed.

Here is a woman whose hands tremble, cold.
Here is a woman with laundry to fold.

Here is a woman who's in disarray.
Here is a woman with nothing to say.
Here is a woman who scuttles away.

Here is a woman whose questions are posed.
Here is a woman whose face is composed.
Here is a woman they opened and closed.
Here is a woman whose future's foreclosed.

Here is a woman who's forced to adjust.
Here is a woman who once was robust.
Here is a woman who's turning to dust.
Here is a woman who's turning to rust.
Here is a woman who's trying to trust.

Here is a woman who's pacing the hall.
Here is a woman who's wrapped in a shawl.
Here is a woman who's dreading nightfall.
Here is a woman who waits for the call.
Here is a woman who cannot recall.
Here is a woman whose jokes will appall.

Here is a woman whose windows are barred.
Here is a woman whose belly is scarred.
Here is a woman whose dream has been marred.
Here is a woman who must stay on guard.
Here is a woman who's dealt her last card.

Here is a woman who's lost all her hair.
Here is a woman who tries not to care.
Here is a woman who tries to prepare.
Here is a woman who whispers a prayer.

Here is a woman who got a tattoo.
Here is a woman whose scarf is askew.
Here is a woman who always made do.

Here is a woman who's trying to cope.
Here is a woman still flirting with hope.

Here is a woman who's been diagnosed.




Garden Tour

Once more my garden has gone
wild, feeding on neglect. Now
Queen Anne's Lace grows amidst my
mother's last iris. And how

did Asters overtake her
pink roses? Were they there last
week? Her old garden still grows,
while the wind sows mine miscast.

































AUTHOR BIO

Miriam N. Kotzin is Professor of English at Drexel University where she teaches creative writing and literature. She is author of a novel, The Real Deal (Brick House Press 2012), a collection of flash fiction, Just Desserts (Star Cloud Press 2010) and four collections of poetry: Reclaiming the Dead (New American Press 2008), Weights & Measures (Star Cloud Press 2009), Taking Stock (Star Cloud Press 2010), and The Body's Bride (David Robert Books 2013). Her poetry received six nominations for a Pushcart Prize. Her poetry has been published in or is forthcoming in Shenandoah, Boulevard, The Tower Journal, and Valparaiso Poetry Review, among others. She is founding editor of Per Contra and has been a contributing editor of Boulevard since its inception.

POETRY CONTRIBUTORS

Kim Bridgford
Deborah Bruce
Melissa Garcia Criscuolo
Barbara Crooker
Elise Hempel
Katherine Hoerth
Sujata Iyengar
Karen Kelsay
Siham Karami
Miriam Kotzin
Jean L. Kreiling
Luann Landon
Jenna Le (Featured Poet)
Lesléa Newman
Angela O'Donnell
Renée M. Schell
Susan Spear
Rebecca Starks
Cara Valle
Marilyn Westfall
Joyce Wilson
Marly Youmans

NEWS

The two most recent additions to The Mezzo Cammin Women Poets Timeline are Elizabeth Barrett Browning by Eileen R. Kinch and Marceline Desbordes-Valmore by Anna M. Evans.

Wendy Videlock is the recipient of the 2016 Mezzo Cammin Scholarship to the Poetry by the Sea conference.

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