twisted of two
strands
that pulled us
through gardens and ditches
out of caves
now your strand
has been unraveled
made invisible
I feel it
wicking through my city
some buildings vacant
others burning
with a vital light
NATASHA SAJÉ is the author of three books of poems, Red Under the Skin (Pittsburgh, 1994); Bend (Tupelo Press, 2004); and the forthcoming Vivarium; as well a forthcoming book of poetry criticism. Her work has been honored with the Robert Winner and Alice Fay di Castagnola Awards, a Fulbright fellowship, the Campbell Corner Poetry Prize, and the Utah Book Award. Sajé is a professor of English at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, and has been teaching in the Vermont College M.F.A. in Writing program since 1996.
