• Poetry
  • Fiction
  • Flash Fiction
  • Nonfiction
  • Book Reviews
  • Translations
  • About
  • Awards
  • Submissions
  • Buy LAR
  • Poetry
  • Fiction
  • Flash Fiction
  • Nonfiction
  • Book Reviews
  • Translations
  • About
  • Awards
  • Submissions
  • Buy LAR

Should I Listen to the Trees by Jane Poirier Hart


Underground for years, cicada-like, it
surfaces, starts the sad, bright sawing:
my story of your story. Something triggers,
un-expectedly. Curly haired kid at the cash
register or the way a woman cups one hand
against wind to light her cigarette, flare
of butane igniting memory that leafs out
like a Maple in time-lapse photography.
Soon, there’s an avenue lined with Maples.
Soon they are bending this way and that,
this way and that, choreographed, shaking,
tossing limbs in a terrible, terrible wind.

 


A finalist in the 2018 Elyse Wolf Prize, Jane Poirier Hart holds an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her work has appeared in numerous journals, including The Southern Poetry Review, The Worcester Review, The Ocean State Review and Lily Poetry Review. She lives outside of Boston.



One response to “Should I Listen to the Trees by Jane Poirier Hart”

  1. Carla says:
    January 19, 2021 at 11:34 am

    “My story of your story” — yes! This line really captures what it feel like when memories rise. Beautiful poem, Jane.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recent Posts

  • Lures by Adam Vines Review by Leona Sevick
  • Signs of Impending Matriarchal Departure or Fair? by Alafia Nicole Sessions
  • Monkey Flower by Mira Skalkottas
  • Poems by Gunnar Translated by Klein Voorhees
  • 2 Poems by Mary Ann Samyn

Recent Comments

  • Judith Fodor on Three Poems by David Keplinger
  • Marietta Brill on 2 Poems by Leah Umansky

Categories

  • Award Winners
  • Book Reviews
  • Fiction
  • Flash Fiction
  • Interviews
  • LAR Online
  • Nonfiction
  • Poetry
  • Translations
  • Uncategorized

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Recent Posts

  • Lures by Adam Vines Review by Leona Sevick
  • Signs of Impending Matriarchal Departure or Fair? by Alafia Nicole Sessions
  • Monkey Flower by Mira Skalkottas
  • Poems by Gunnar Translated by Klein Voorhees
  • 2 Poems by Mary Ann Samyn
© 2014 Los Angeles Review. All Rights Reserved. Design and Developed by NJSCreative Inspired by Dessign.net