Wild River Review

Wild River Review

WRR 4.4 — 1 AUGUST 2007

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A Different Concept

by Russell J Fee

Mary accepted the Angel Gabriel’s proclamation
that she had been chosen by God to bear His son.

Such a good girl she was — dutiful, reverent.
But what of all those girls before her? The
ones who said:

“No way! Not me!” or
“You’ve got to be kidding,” or
“Get out of here freak, I’m betrothed,” or
“Go see Ruth, she’ll do it.”

By the time Gabriel got to Mary,
he wasn’t asking anymore.

Russ Fee

Russ Fee

Russ Fee is a former civil rights attorney who now teaches elementary school in the Chicago area. He is a graduate of the College of William and Mary, where he majored in English. His poems have appeared in journals such as Barnwood Poetry Magazine and Potato Hill Poetry. Russ is the author of a book of poems about his teaching experiences entitled, A Dash of Expectation (Poems of the Classroom). He has three grown children and lives in Oak Park, Illinois, with his wife Joan, a university professor.

RUSS FEE IN THIS EDITION:
POETRY: A Different Concept

IN POETRY

The Beautiful Girl is Disturbed

The Bhagavad-Gita, Canto 11

Burma and Iraq: For DC Poets Against War

Canticum, Turicum

FIRST BYLINE: Design

A Different Concept

FIRST BYLINE: First Communion

Gaucho (Español)

Great Day in the Cows House

Hamra Night (Red Night — English)

Hamra Night (Red Night — Arabic)

Instant of Turbulence

Kicking the Leaves

Look! This is Love

The Man in the Dead Machine

Map of Remembering

Moon in March with Fieldstone

Mount Kearsarge Shines

Necklace of Silence

Shelled Almonds

Tall Naked Ships in Spike Heels

Three Months After

Untitled Temple Poem

Weeds and Peonies

What She Wanted

Why I Never Came (Apology to My Mother)

COLUMN: Fire and Blood of Poetry