POETRY BY CLAIRE T. FEILD Claire T. Feild has taught English in middle school, high school, community college, and university settings, including Tuskegee University. She has had 548 poems published in 140 print journals and anthologies such as, Ghostlight; The Carolina Quarterly; The Horror Zine Magazine; The Path; Space and Time Magazine; The Tulane Review; Literature Today; Spillway; and Folio. Her books are Mississippi Delta Women in Prism; Southern Women: The 1950s; A Delta Vigil, which is about her growing up white and female in the Mississippi Delta; and Mississippi Delta Memories. FABRICATION Since lies to him are the truth, He laughs and curses as he has Staying pregnant with fabrications, An eyesore to those who follow Because he earmarks repetitious Most hope he will spend the rest THE CURSE The black dot on the tip end of her nose When she looks into the mirror, the dot After she sees the dermatologist, he takes Asleep, she dreams about the beauteous Since the laser is hyper, she feels herself While her face looks like holes in red Jello, Because she does looks sinister, she runs She has meals, a place to sleep, and a place CONSONANT Their relationship smooth, difficulty Since life does not carry on its Their first argument testy, they vow Yet they stay together as the storms Afraid of what might happen next, they |