tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238942732011-12-01T14:37:59.991-08:00<i>by 'Zann Carter</i>'Zannnoreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23894273.post-1144968466378274192006-04-13T15:47:00.000-07:002006-04-13T15:47:46.393-07:00inside me there is a crazy woman<br />grieving for her son.<br /><br />she is beating her fists on everything<br />she is pummeling the air<br />she is howling like wind<br />she is tearing her hair<br />and banging her head<br />and running<br />and running<br />into darkest nowhere.<br /><br />sometimes her tears pour from my eyes<br />and her screams cascade from my mouth<br />and her anger<br />and her sorrow<br />and her terrible pain<br />shatter my bones<br />into sharp little bits<br />that pierce my skin<br />in a thousand bleeding<br />wounds.<br /><br />inside me there is a crazy woman<br />grieving for her son.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23894273-114496846637827419?l=zanncarterpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>'Zannnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23894273.post-1144727261244955112006-04-10T20:44:00.000-07:002006-04-10T20:47:41.260-07:00<span style="font-family: georgia;">04.10.06 sometimes i talk and talk</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">sometimes</span><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">i talk</span><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">and talk</span><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">and my words tumble</span><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">through air,</span><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">to dance in a rosy ether</span><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">composed of hope</span><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">and sorrow.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">Colliding with apparitions,</span><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">drenched by Mary’s tears,</span><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">they pirouette toward</span><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">(beseeching)</span><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">an illuminating grace.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">Underneath reality,</span><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">there is an absence</span><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">that is a whole world.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">There is a door</span><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">opening on sky</span><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">a wind that sings me</span><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;">to sleep.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23894273-114472726124495511?l=zanncarterpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>'Zannnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23894273.post-1142128232586526812006-03-11T17:44:00.000-08:002006-03-11T17:50:32.596-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www276.pair.com/wrbooks/poems/poem-approaching.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www276.pair.com/wrbooks/poems/poem-approaching.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23894273-114212823258652681?l=zanncarterpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>'Zannnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23894273.post-1142126519503541272006-03-11T17:16:00.000-08:002006-03-11T17:28:50.630-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www276.pair.com/wrbooks/zann/images/poem_driving_home3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www276.pair.com/wrbooks/zann/images/poem_driving_home3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6858/1432/1600/poem_driving_home3.0.jpg"><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23894273-114212651950354127?l=zanncarterpoems.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>'Zannnoreply@blogger.com0