A girl stitches *
bone to heartwood
and hurt her body
held: dread, heat,
her skin a door
to open
mercy
* Erasure from Sally Rosen Kindred’s poem “I Tell What Kind of Girl” from her new collection, Where the Wolf
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The short lines are really effective here – and the decreasing length.
heavy duty needlework.
love this!
Very beautiful!
Beautiful.
her skin a door
to open
mercy –
marvelous! This line leaves the interpretation open as well!
lines and breaks
layering of
stitch
Just learned about erasure poems not too long ago. I really love this one.
Thanks, everyone!
Karen, wow! Evokes a sadness in me. Love the placement on the page, all the lines and especially that you end with: mercy
Oh, my goodness–how lovely & profound!
Wow.