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Breathings

Poem

Summer comes to that end
inspired
from the beginning.

While a bubble from a hiding trout
skyrises slow
as the silky spill of milkweed,

a pit splits a plum
hymen-quiet
before the morning yield

and a vessel breaks
in brain bathings,
the mouth of the man open
round with vowels
final silent and wise.

About the Author

Loretta M. Sharp

Loretta M. Sharp teaches at the Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Michigan, where she established the writing program in 1976.

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BYU Studies 24:3
ISSN 2837-004x (Online)
ISSN 2837-0031 (Print)