[identity profile] silverflurry.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] greatpoetry
What Haunts Me

How to walk
to the edge and never quaver.
How to stop
for one quick glance over the shoulder,
one small wave. How to be haunted
and stand relaxed, not giving a sign
to the dogs by the side of the road.
Looking them straight in the eye.
Hush, you dogs, hush!

Lucille Broderson
Beware
Spout Press

Date: 2003-01-16 12:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] katminnaar.livejournal.com
What a wonderful poem to post; it really gets me.

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