Martha Silano
Martha Silano is the author of Gravity Assist, Reckless Lovely, and The Little Office of the Immaculate Conception, all from Saturnalia Books. She is also co-author of The Daily Poet: Day-by-Day Prompts for Your Writing Practice (Two Sylvias Press). Martha’s poems appear in Poetry, the Paris Review, and American Poetry Review, among others. Awards include North American Review’s James Hearst Poetry Prize and the Cincinnati Review’s Robert and Adele Schiff Award in Poetry. She teaches at Bellevue College.
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Lucky
Lucky he used a paddle and a belt not a rod with a nail sticking out Lucky I was his favorite that he did not crack my skull Lucky I loved ice cream gained thirty pounds Lucky he called me Dumb Bunny Otherwise I’d be cocksure Lucky my mom didn’t leave him so we had […]