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Cashews
Edible moon
Two crescents stuck together
Though the moon outside
Is whole and blue! Tonight
I have my half circles
Little, tasty smiles
On New Year’s eve
A swing’s upward path
Held between my index finger
And thumb
A small boat on the lake
Of my tongue
Disappears one by one
Above – a full moon
made of a cashew
Split into two
Teresa Chuc Dowell teaches English literature and writing at a public
high school in Los Angeles. Her poetry has been published
in journals
such as the National Poetry Review, Verse Daily, and
miller’s pond
(online) and her creative nonfiction have been published
in journals
such as Memoir Journal, Sugar Mule, and Mosaic. Teresa’s poem, "Names",
is forthcoming in the anthology Poets of the American West (Many
Voices Press, 2010). Teresa earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy
and is currently working on an MFA in Creative Writing (poetry) at
Goddard College in Vermont.
Email: Teresa Chuc Dowell
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