Saturday night
she wears her
pressed-flower face
which came first
her madness
or her art
behind me
phantom shadow
with a fist
round faces
built of cubes
featured in
rectangular galleries
with oval windows
I tell complete strangers
about my pain . . .
climate despair
Swiss-cheese memory . . .
glimpses of past weddings
some of them hers
Roberta Beach Jacobson
Indianola, Iowa, USA
Bio: Roberta Beach Jacobson (she/her) is drawn to the magic of words–poetry, song lyrics, flash fiction, puzzles, and stand-up comedy. Her latest book is Demitasse Fiction: One-Minute Reads for Busy People (Alien Buddha Press, 2023).
2 thoughts on “Poetry from Roberta Beach Jacobson”
Very enjoyable haiku-like and tanka-like poems. My favorites are the geometrically chilly “round faces” and the intimate “Swiss-cheese memory…”.
Very enjoyable haiku-like and tanka-like poems. My favorites are the geometrically chilly “round faces” and the intimate “Swiss-cheese memory…”.
Love your way to look at the world. Congrats.