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Alma Karmina
singing without words
while the ones longing
for her wait for
her to turn their
words to singing.
The birds have started,
light’s coming back.
Somewhere in a jungle,
rose mist. She is on her way
Now the stillness of waiting,
the darkness of her hair
Lyn Lifshin Lyn Lifshin: Recent books from Lyn Lifshin: THE LICORICE DAUGHTER: MYYEAR WITH RUFFIAN, Texas Review Press,
ANOTHER WOMAN WHO LOOKS LIKE ME from Black Sparrow at Godine., following COLD COMFORT and BEFORE IT'S LIGHT,
DESIRE and 92 RAPPLE. She has over 120 books & edited 4 anthologies. Also out recently: NUTLEY POND, PERSEPHONE,
BARBARO: BEYOND BROKENNESS, LOST IN THE FOG, LIGHT AT THE END, JESUS POEMS and BALLET MADONNAS, KATRINA, LOST HORSES.
forthcoming: CHIFFON, ALL THE POETS WHO HAVE TOUCHED ME, LIVING AND DEAD. ALL TRUE: ESPECIALLY THE LIES.
Her web site is Web Site
Email: Lyn Lifshin
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