Drawing by Judith Wolfe
Betty Ann Matthews

Poem


      I CAN STILL HEAR

      i will reassemble things
      grow flowers like cologne

      rip brick by brick and
      plant shaded trees, their
      branches upright

      and I will sit, sun on
      my knees

      on my lap I will write
      my book's poetry

      my feet steady on the
      lawn while butterflies
      flit silently

      and birds sound in my
      ears write an ode

      to Marc Hunter, telling
      him I can still hear
      his voice

      as far away as heaven...
      or the april sun in cuba


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