February 2013
Poetry
Blue Sunrise
For Sandy Hook Elementary
by Cheryl Boyce-Taylor
the tv won’t shut up
the first night is restless
a wild wing of winds
no, it is not god
where is the white river they spoke about
the blue spruce
they say there was a brook that babbled
blond curls blew in the morning breeze
here is your son America
his shirt button is loose
his heart a cratered moon
I was making my grocery list
organic chicken soup nine grain bread Caribbean coconut water
this blue sunrise is tender I could almost stroke it with my hands
and twenty pairs of curious fingers
who will turn the soil
About Cheryl Boyce-Taylor
Born in Trinidad and raised in New York City, Cheryl is the author of three collections of poetry,Raw Air, Night When Moon Follows, and Convincing the Body. Her poetry can be seen in Diane Samuel’s Lines of Sight, a permanent exhibit at Brown University. A graduate of Stonecoast MFA program,Cheryl is working on a memoir and a new collection of poetry.
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