Bronwen Tate
THREE POEMS FROM YOUR SISTER FACE
VISITING
As if I could catch a brill from the pump trough, or invent
some bearded lettuce. A little wobbly this evening,
mumbling with effort, still empty-handed. Place a
salamander near the sweetly balsamic impatiens. When you
think of setting, consider a gem that fell out, consider how
very second empire the gilded moldings arc. Only a cad
would try to pin this. Grab your blouse or pea jacket and
hitch your thoughts to our swift movement between country
and city.
Bronwen Tate is the author of Souvenirs (Dusie Chapbook Kollektiv 2007). She's currently hard at work on the 2008 Kollektiv and a new chapbook forthcoming from Cannibal Books. She is a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at Stanford University where she edits Mantis: A Journal of Poetry, Criticism and Translation and knits in class. She writes about poems, books, food, and yarn at Bread and Jam for Frances.