Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Tuesday poem #189 : Shannon Bramer : ODE TO ER

She’s so much gentler kinder taller thinner warmer smarter
She’s so much better harder louder fatter sadder wilder uglier
She’s just so much angrier poorer quieter lonelier emptier

She’s water
She’s older
She’s just another mother

She’s tender
She’s feather

Let her


Shannon Bramer [photo credit: Sadie Derry] is a poet and playwright. Her fourth collection of poetry, PRECIOUS ENERGY, is forthcoming from BookThug in the autumn of 2017.

the Tuesday poem is curated by rob mclennan

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