Sunday, May 08, 2016

New Poetry by Karen Pape










Winterlude

She has written her way out of the dark.
Dazzled by the sun, she wants to run
Hiding is not an option any more

Building words into art is digging dirt
Tearing nails and hands, understanding
She has written her way out of the dark

To some purpose.  Apprentices find work
At a master or mistress’ hand.  When
Hiding is not an option any more

she finds her tools already forged
by her journey underground
She has written her way out of the dark.

Like Persephone she will return
To winter, seek quiet in dead ground.
Hiding is not an option any more.

Even cold, she will remember lessons learned.
Her talismans the book, candle, pen.
She has written her way out of the dark.
Hiding is not an option any more.


- Karen Pape 2016


Karen Bingham Pape is a teacher and writer.  Her poems have appeared in small press publications such as Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review and Maverick Press and in on-line journals such as Big River Review, Red River Review, Words-Myth and Perigee. She has read her work at conferences such as Southwestern ACA/PCA Pop Culture, ASU Annual Writers Conferences in Honor of Elmer Kelton, and Fort Concho Literary Festival.


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