Maureen Donatelli writes poetry that makes us think. Read this one and see what I mean. Maureen’s most recent poem to appear here was Plenty, published in March 2011 as part of Contributor Series 8: Feast and Famine.
Lessons
By Maureen Donatelli
Snow teaches sun
silent lessons of endurance
and snow teaches my tongue
meaning is restless
for permanence
and a liar
stars pour out their stories
in flickers
a kind of thought unending
white petals trickle
velvet tears to dark earth
such lessons drip eternal
no wires can hold
the bits of you I have
their velocity breaks my bones
Lovely imagery.