GIRL IN STONE
I’m sheaving off the morning
in swells and scrolls,
Athena’s curls wave
past my back to the sea.
Diadems of light come forward
in sweet births. The day
laurels in their neat way
turn to greet me—
I slip my sandal up
the fluted curves, the steps
that roll over, Ionic,
stomped in place like
divots in a loaf.
My eyes, without irises,
gaze into place.
Round ovums, sleep centers—
they fall back to sockets, soft
as children come
to nest beneath my arms.
About the Poet:
Sandra Marchetti’s debut full-length collection of poems, Confluence, will be published as part of Gold Wake Press’ 2014 Print Series. Sandy is also the author of a chapbook, The Canopy (available from MWC Press), and her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Subtropics, Thrush PoetryJournal, Nashville Review, The Journal, Gargoyle, and elsewhere. sandrapoetry.net.
About the Sound of Sugar:
We’ve loved reading the work that we’ve published (clearly), so now we want an opportunity to better hear our contributors. We will feature an audio recording of a poem from one of our seven issues, read by the poet and updated every couple of weeks. This an open invitation to all contributors from any of our issues, we were delighted to print your work, now we’re eager to hear it.
We’ve loved reading the work that we’ve published (clearly), so now we want an opportunity to better hear our contributors. We will feature an audio recording of a poem from one of our seven issues, read by the poet and updated every couple of weeks. This an open invitation to all contributors from any of our issues, we were delighted to print your work, now we’re eager to hear it.
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