Printer Friendly
The Free Library
19,607,053 articles and books
Member login
User name  
Password 
 
Join us Forgot password?

Entering The Straits.


 An angel & an other angel walk Out of desert wilderness in To
this town, this city, its twin. Man, angel, toasted chestnuts on the
breath.
 Sage, clove & cinnamon body rub. Men: Tobacco pouch, leaf, pipe.
Angels: uncropped, nails long, unshaven. Unclean. Not so delicate as
youngish boys.
As girls. As women & men. As the landed titled & served, who
wear hot spring water bathhouse fragrant heavy olive-oiled skin. Angels
not unscarred,
but loyal, footsore & wearied strangers who breathe my name like a
cooling sheet. 
COPYRIGHT 2008 African American Review
No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.
Copyright 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

 Reader Opinion

Title:

Comment:



 

Article Details
Printer friendly Cite/link Email Feedback
Author:Smith, Jonathan C. (American educator)
Publication:African American Review
Article Type:Poem
Date:Sep 22, 2008
Words:116
Previous Article:Bypath.
Next Article:Fool To Want You Bop.
Topics:



Related Articles
Mortality.
the Razz: showbuzz.
Without title.
Prize for poem.
Fascinating insights with French visits.
Twenty-one.
On this day.
POETRY CORNER.

Terms of use | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc. | Feedback | For webmasters | Submit articles