Grief
Poem
Grief crawls on padded
elbows, crooking
the space of absence
in hollow arms.
The black cowl
hovers, empties
into air—a mask
to lisp the silences
of the heart.
About the Author
Martha Haskins Hume
Dr. Hume is assistant professor of English at Radford College, Radford, Va. Her poetry has been published widely.