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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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 Comments (3)Wendy Wisner's first book of poems, Epicenter, was published by CW Books in 2004. Her poems have appeared in Spoon River Poetry Review, RHINO, Natural Bridge, Bellevue Literary Review, online at Verse Daily, and elsewhere. In 2007, Wendy quit her teaching job at Hunter College to be a full-time mom to her son Benjamin, now three years old. More from Wendy Wisner Poetry Archives
On His Second Birthday
August 1, 2010
Finally I look up from our life, the window wet and fogged, trees bloodshot and burgeoning. I loved a boy and now I love another. Each has slept all night on my chest, red tongue flicking my heart. Soon I must learn to wake alone. Tell me how to live in this burning world.
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Oh, My. God.
I love this one.
Wendy, I love the precision of your words, their startling trajectory and resonance.