Clytemnestra
Sky streaked with azure and bloodred.
No wind.
No oar.
That memory swift-hooved, tramples itself,
the cart wheel rutting in the ditch
as if the spokes
would turn backward. That ...
Cynthia Zarin
Cynthia Zarin is the author of six collections of poems, including most recently Next Day: New and Selected Poems, as well as a novel, Inverno, two books of essays, and several books for children.