Sketchbook  Adelaide B. Shaw, US, Gerry Bravi, CA, Karina klesko, US

 

Junicho: The Fullness of the Moon Karina Klesko, Sabaki a gust of wind— turning my back on March to look for crocus                            /abs around a rain filled pond barn swallows gather mud                 /gb a Hopi woman paints a face on the Kachina doll                           /kk little girls give each other a pedicure                                      /abs many fresh tracks criss-cross the drifted snow, wolves howling                                 /gb an army-green pickup truck speeding south                                 /kk pregnant again! he buys me sour pickles before I ask                                     /abs tempted by shadows shimmering in the heat                      /gb on the lawn a gaudy plastic bumble bee spins its wings                                 /gb the book's flyleaf: unrestrained criminal minds                 /kk Lady Liberty the fullness of the moon rests in your crown                           /kk putting on a new sweater to view the trees                             /abs composed via email begun 11.05.04 — completed 03.06.04