POETRY Magazine cover of September 2003 issue

September 2003

Arthur Rothstein, Black & White photograph, 1936.
 
  • Diane Ackerman
  • Mark Aiello
  • Lisa Barnett
  • Elinor Benedict
  • Andrea Hollander
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The Shoes

When they first came
their mouths agape
their bodies shining
like beetles about to stir

every edge poised
for the multitude of steps
some moment
of leaping not yet taken

their hides stiff
shielding some tenderness
within, warming...
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