the honey lifted
lip
of syrup
I fold and unfold desire
I am bosom to wheel
the wide hips you call earth
every day
clay and kettle
steam to whistle
more dark sips
down to the black bottom
of my cup
where did the sugar girls
get their berries and cream
I linger by the cradle
of the next born
morning I linger
by the lusting
crumple & crease
I linger in the clear
bath of morning
and wait
for beauty to reappearJane Medved is the author of Wayfarers (forthcoming from Grid Books 2024) and Deep Calls To Deep (winner of the Many Voices Project, New Rivers Press). Her translation of Wherever We Float, That’s Home (Maya Tevet Dayan) is forthcoming from Saturnalia Books 2024. She is the poetry editor of the Ilanot Review and a visiting lecturer in the Graduate Creative Writing Program at Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv.
11/7 / Poetry Reading and Conversation with visiting poet-in-residence Vandana Khanna + local writer Nicole Callihan / The Gallery at The Betsy-South Beach, Miami Beach, FL / Live and Live-Streamed on Instagram Live/Facebook Live at @swwimmiami / 7-8:30 pm EST / Free
Two workshops remain in our Workshop Series--SWWIM Lessons: From Prompt to Placement: “Navigating Your Manuscript with Alexandra Lytton Regalado – What I learned from reading for (and winning) the National Poetry Series” on 11/12 (register here) and “Surfing Submittable with Jen Karetnick – Keeping your head above water in the poetry submissions process” on 12/10 (register here). Price: $80/workshop. Time: 7:00–9:00 PM (EST). Where: Zoom.
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