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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BETWEEN WAND AND WELT, by MARGARET AHO
First Line: Between flourishing baton / and ferule, this
First Line: Between flourishing baton / and ferule, this
between flourishing baton
and ferule, this
virgule
self-splitting with a hiss below the right
pectoral
slung forward from the pinned
wrists
into which my hand has reached
has wedged itself
Copyright © Margaret Aho.
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