Tulips

Join our mailing list and receive WRR Monthly. Click below to make a tax-deductible contribution. People Interviews Columns Blogs Places Princeton The United States The World Open Borders Ideas Art, Photography and Architecture Health, Culture and Food History, Religion and Philosophy Literature: Fiction, Poetry and Books Music, Humor and Comics Science and Politics WRR BLOGS: WRR@Large: Editors' Choice Wild Finance: Where Money and Politics Dance The Age of Reasonable Doubt Diary of a Writer in Midlife Crisis Wild Table	Email Print More Tulips by Dzvinia Orlowsky What good is love? My mother’s hand shakes as she offers it to me for a goodnight kiss. I know only hunger, the wind between my ribs that will not add weight, the scales frozen; heavenly body meant for someone else. She whispers: Ja Tebe Lybly. I love you into the phone knowing an ocean heaves between us, our blood breathes daughter mirrored into sister, Father invisible, calming the curtain; proof he lives. Each morning the vase next to her mother’s bed darkens water into earth. No one will find them there — What is your favorite memory, Mother? I can not paint it. What is your favorite flower? Two lips in the dark. Tags: Poetry Dzvinia Orlowsky Dzvinia Orlowsky is a founding editor of Four Way Books and the author of three poetry collections including “Except for One Obscene Brushstroke” (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2004). Her poetry and translations have appeared in numerous anthologies including “A Map of Hope: An International Literary Anthology; From Three Worlds: New Writing from the Ukraine”; and “A Hundred Years of Youth: A Bilingual Anthology” of 20th Century Ukrainian Poetry. She currently teaches at the Solstice Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing Program at Pine Manor College. DZVINIA ORLOWSKY IN THIS EDITION: Tulips » View all articles by Dzvinia Orlowsky Dzvinia Orlowsky Comments Post new comment Your name: E-mail: The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly. Homepage: Comment: * CAPTCHA This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions. Math question: * 1 + 0 = Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.	Wild River Consulting & Publishing where Your literary success is our bottom line. "By the time the wise woman has found a bridge, the crazy woman has crossed the water." ANATOLIAN DAYS & NIGHTS published by Wild River Books Reserve Your Wild River Ad For more info, please contact: Amy Constantine
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