Cassie Premo Steele’s most recent poem to appear here was I love the way men talk (July 2012). Her newest collection of poetry, The Pomegranate Papers (unbound CONTENT 2012), is available here. Yes, you heard it here first: The Pomegranate Papers is unbound CONTENT’s best-selling title to date. Woo hoo!
St Francis, the rain
By Cassie Premo Steele
Francis, the rain tipped the gardenias
in my absence.
in my absence.
they are weighted and brown now
like your robe.
I imagine you will come in moonlight
on a clear night
and gather them into your arms.
Sweet brown stars.
Even Mary would be jealous of this.
This robe of tenderness.
The moths will hover near your body.
You will let them drink.
Cassie,
How tender,beautiful your poem. It touched me deeply.
This peeks my imagination and makes me content.