The Poetry of Sue Kunitz

Published Works:
A Day in Winter's Mouth
Betty
The Boss
Braced for Impact
Dryer
Ice Speaks
Love in Winter
The Moon
Paddling
The Secret Dancer
She Wolf
Telephone Lines
What Doesn't Feel Like Work
Women's Retreat
Words

Betty

Breath of the ocean
In our dreams
First thing we hear in the morning

You taught us to
Get into salt, sand and swim
Use water that pulls us off the shore
To bring us back

Place of breath
We always come
Feel arms of God
And steal back our bones from the fire

Published in Black Buzzard Review (2000)