Jane Joritz-Nakagawa
Five Poems
Evenings we talked in the makeshift always cleaning; sawdust in the boat, went up in flames.
you build another boat, can you now swim? ( the names of boats, i know hull, i know deck.... ) A face at will, living in that half-built blackened boat, waving as Looking in my direction? telephone someone, or walk away as if none of this had stuck in a boat unable to swim lying
Supple moment. atop. without shortening the sky woke up working on eyes feel his crawling on its own for the first time must lift up is murmured bear animal eyes will pluck off frowns at us its high window waiting career and you came and entered breaking down the door now that we've got you at arm's length criminal who startled the family now awake in her diary that you enter all doors to her house today the day before the day after could not
The mind's open moment Have another country A way out of the misery Where is your kayak? I promised you
black and white color you big meander often blue face hoisted almost too easy downward spiral
some hovering mold circling
Bio: Jane teaches English, human rights, and educational psychology at a national university in Japan. Other poems have been included in New American Writing, ACM, Aught, Moria, Milk, Free Verse, Shampoo, and numerous other literary magazines abroad and locally. Her first book length collection, as yet unpublished, was recently a finalist in three recent competitions: University of GA Contemporary Poetry Series, Cleveland State University and Four Way Books. She is originally from Chicago, Illinois. |