In response to We Write Poems’ Prompt #73 concerning the sense of smell. I particularly liked this prompt because I’ve always believed that certain scents can act as time machines… How the Nose Remembers The kindergarten bathroom or what my memory rehearses of it was white, two-stalled. A wide-hipped woman we called Grandma Eleanor sat me,Continue reading “How the Nose Remembers”
Author Archives: Mabel Lee
Penitent
This is inspired by We Write Poems’ Prompt #72, which is about addressing shame. It diverges a bit from the prompt in that it isn’t a personal poem but rather one that is projected from an imagined person. Penitent I feel I’ve spent half my life behind a screen. Between points of light a mouth doesContinue reading “Penitent”
New Poem, Born of P&W’s Weekly Prompt
Very rough right now, subject to work and criticism. I don’t even know if I want to keep this title. Big Top The trapeze artist on losing his stance, walks the black plank out of orbit swooped into a nest, the kind you may associate with wicker, or felt, or ash stretching the pleats andContinue reading “New Poem, Born of P&W’s Weekly Prompt”
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