Jane Mead
Some Days

I hide in the river

with a reed to breathe through.

The river carries me

slowly downstream.

 

Nina calls it the bit

where I converse with slime.

She says it's just a part

of a larger step, she says

 

she can't believe

I don't know how the dance goes.

 
Found In Volume 26, No. 04
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About the Author

Jane Mead (1958 -2019) is the author of five books of poetry, including World of Made and Unmade (Alice James Books, 2016) and The Usable Field (Alice James, 2009).  She was the recipient of awards and fellowships from the Whiting, Lannan, and Guggenheim foundations.