| Mary Meriam |
Two Comfort Songsread by mary meriam 1. In the town She heals with words, She wears a gown Of berry birds. In the city She flies around, She dons a pretty Breeze she found. How I miss Her leafy park And tulip kiss In my cold dark. 
© Jenny Li read by mary meriam 2. She drives the empty country lane Singing about her Sally Jane. She turns the wheel and taps the brake Singing a tune for Sally’s sake. Around the bend and up the hill, Sally can’t sing, so Mary will. She taps the brake and turns the wheel, Singing inside her automobile. She drives the empty country lane, Singing about her Sally Jane. Mary Meriam's poems and essays are published in Literary Imagination, Light, Lilt, Umbrella, and Barefoot Muse, among others. Her first book of poems, The Countess of Flatbroke (Modern Metrics 2006) features an afterword by Lillian Faderman and cover design by R. Nemo Hill. |