ISSN: 1941-4137
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
Amy Kotthaus is a writer, translator, painter, and photographer. Her poetry has been published in Ink in Thirds, Yellow Chair Review, Haiku Journal, Gnarled Oak, and Section 8. Her photography has been published in Storm Cellar, Ground Fresh Thursday, Crab Fat Magazine, Quantum Fairy Tales, Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, and Digging Through the Fat. Her painting has been published in Wierderary.
The Goddess Weds
Reasons leave your mouth,
cold Egyptian ash,
into the air a moment,
blisters on her face.
Her thankless hands took
an ivory handled knife
to hair and hid
the trophy locks
in that lacquered box
you purchased with gold,
so dear, a pretty shrine
to lay to rest girlish tokens —
bare feet running muddy
spring trails; untied hair;
quiver on the banks;
pure mountain water
on her breasts.
The virgin is domesticated
but for the wild sound
of owl wings
thumbing a deckle edge.
Glass: A Journal of Poetry is published monthly by Glass Poetry Press.
All contents © the author.
All contents © the author.
