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POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
Caitlin Wolper is a Brooklyn-based poet whose first chapbook, Ordering Coffee in Tel Aviv, was published by Finishing Line Press. Her work has been featured in Hypertrophic Lit, Ghost City Review, Longleaf Review, Hooligan, Yes Poetry, and more; she also has bylines in Rolling Stone, MTV News, and Teen Vogue.
Also by Caitlin Wolper:
Ordering Coffee in Tel Aviv
Your Skin is Tough & Yours
The Nazi Flag in His Parents’ Attic
Earth-Mother in the Clearing
As I lie in the clearing,
grip grass, Earth-hair rooted,
the dirt beneath me is another body
that leaves its stain on my knees
like a garter my thong’s
caught around ankle, the black
dress hikes its skirt high
his tongue touches me, and again
the night rids us of color
the leaves above layer
branches with shadow, conjure
a dreamy charcoal sketch.
True night obscures any colors. These lovers, faded to silhouettes, are undefinable and primal, but the speaker sees them as romantic, artistic. She fancies herself the “Earth Mother,” an extension of the ground (another body) beneath her, but the stain on her knees and thong around her ankle remind us how human this act is, and how imperfect.
Glass: A Journal of Poetry is published monthly by Glass Poetry Press.
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