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Gloria Kresch:
Sisters, a Pantoum
copyright 2009
The poem SISTERS is a poem in the style of Pantoum. A Pantoum is any number of quatrains where lines 2 and 4 of the preceding stanza recur as lines 1 and 3 of the succeeding stanza.
SISTERS
A city built on hills of stone
where Evelyn lives
flying eight thousand miles to see her
a few days with her, comfort her
where Evelyn lives
houses tan in the heat of the sun
a few days with her, comfort her
she had lived a good life, she tells me
houses tan in the heat of the sun
she can not roam to see them
she had lived a good life, she tells me
she aches to really live, free, even now
she can not roam to see them
a city built on hills of stone
she aches to really live, free, even now
flying eight thousand miles to see her, comfort her
SISTERS
A city built on hills of stone
where Evelyn lives
flying eight thousand miles to see her
a few days with her, comfort her
where Evelyn lives
houses tan in the heat of the sun
a few days with her, comfort her
she had lived a good life, she tells me
houses tan in the heat of the sun
she can not roam to see them
she had lived a good life, she tells me
she aches to really live, free, even now
she can not roam to see them
a city built on hills of stone
she aches to really live, free, even now
flying eight thousand miles to see her, comfort her
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Biographical Note: Gloria Kresch lives in Havertown, Pennsylvania. Her interest in writing poetry was sparked a few years ago when she was looking for a creative writing group. She has been taking adult education classes in poetry and attending some workshops as well.
