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Poem of the Day (04-02-2018)

April 2, 2018 by The Poetry Box 1 Comment

To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years.

National Poetry Month, 2018 - Poem of the Day at The Poetry Box

Please enjoy today’s selection: “Still Life with Bride” by Laura LeHew, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon—Love Poems:

Still Life with Bride

the bride in her slip, the stylist with her brushes, bridesmaids
in long royal blue dresses finding the right mirror space, flower
girls playing games on phones or iPads, a table set with cheddar,
jack and brie, crackers, white grape juice, champagne, wine
glasses individually designed for all the women in the party, the
mother of the bride helps her daughter into her dress, laces up
the back, hooks the clasp on the delicate pearl necklace, places
the bride’s grandmother’s white gold wedding ring on her little
finger — something old, the snap-snap-snap of photographers,
the collective intake of breath held for six heartbeats when all the
women sigh as one


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  1. Patricia Reck says

    April 3, 2018 at 7:09 am

    Made me feel almost as if I were the univited guest BUT in the room…could feel it, hear it, smell the perfumes,taste the cheese….touch reaching out the vibrations of anticipation…a great little piece.

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