 "TUTUBOOTU" copyright 2006 by TOM ROMERO |
Deconstructing GriefThe only way to dissolve sorrow is
Plump the cushions and use the good china. The dismantling will happen without warning,
You will no longer be inconsolable or itinerant. Flush the tequila and scour the crisper.
Buy something magenta. Pack your wellies and fetch your grandchildren.
Copyright 2006 by Cheryl Loetscher
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Cheryl writes:
"Deconstructing Grief" was written toward the end of a two-year period during which I mourned the loss of a very important relationship—by the end of that grieving period, I was able to see again, clearly, that life and kinship were all around me, ripe for the plucking.
Cheryl Loetscher writes from Colorado, where she has worked as a family law paralegal for more than twenty-one years. Her poems have appeared in many literary journals, and a number of them have won prizes and distinctions in contests across the United States. She was recently awarded the 2006 George F. Wedge Poetry Prize by I-70 Review, the 2006 Poetry Prize by Wild Goose Poetry Review, and the 2006 Poetry Prize by The Litchfield Review. She is co-editor of an annual poetry journal, HeartLodge, which is published in Denver, and she has three times been a featured poet in Braided Lives, a poetry and fine arts performance and exhibition sponsored by the Taos Institute of Art. Cheryl can be reached via email at: cherylloetscher@msn.com.
