Three Poems from a woman alone
by Janet Mason
a woman alone
hears the cooing of pigeons
and the flap of wings
folding air;
she hears Cathedral bells
answering one another;
and morning light
sputtering traffic
into existence; a
woman alone is a city
awakening.
a woman alone
is sun
sinking
into itself;
she is the deep
hues of pink
scorching
the violet line
between sky and sea;
her silhouette
a black hole
in the brilliant
world; a woman
alone is light;
she is the stars under her own feet
a woman alone
sits on a ridge;
she is the sea blue
doors watching
the dusk that is her
descent into
neon as she streams
toward mountains;
a woman alone
inhabits her own
darkest places.
I wrote these poems while traveling alone through Greece--in Athens, Delphi and the islands of Crete and Lesvos. My two main inspirations were Sappho and Odyseus Elytis, their slim volumes tucked in my backpack.
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The Fourth Annual John and Rose Petracca & Family Award winners include: First Place: Three poems from a woman alone by Janet Mason Second Place: "Manhattan Schist" by Annie Rachele Lanzillotto Third Place: "Thunder Rolling in the Mountains" by Richard S. Bank Three special mentions: "Microwave Love Songs" by Joan Jobe Smith "Seized" by Barbara Daniels "New York City: October 1, 2001" by Liz Abrams-Morley
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