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is a small press established in 1978 by poet and editor Judith Kerman. We specialize in contemporary literature, especially poetry and works that straddle conventional categories: Great Lakes, women, Caribbean, translations, science fiction poetry, recent immigrant experience, Judaica. Publications are in both chapbook and trade paperback formats. |
To Persephone as a Man in the 21st Century
I prefer waltzes in the morning.
Strauss at seven, or so.
I wear a bell-shaped gown,
glide across a gleaming floor in your arms.
It can never be, but I feel
your hand at my waist
remembering you once led me
away from myself so completely
our skin disappeared.
Before you return home
you’ll choose a bauble at some
bazaar, hide it in your pocket
for your hand to graze its slightness.
I’ll feel the rush up my spine as you take flight.
Angela Williams grew up in northern Michigan. She studied creative writing and theatre at Western Michigan University, and now works in the cherry industry in Leelanau County.
