Everything you love and lose
washes back to shore
on a freak wave, it is believed
from the seas which a poet says
are filled with dolls and all
her broken bones. Lucky today
I salvage an arm.
Broken
Kelly DuMar is a poet, playwright and workshop facilitator. She’s author of four poetry chapbooks. Her poems are published in Bellevue Literary Review, Tupelo Quarterly, Thrush and more. Her digital images have been featured on the cover of Josephine Quarterly, Brooklyn Review, About Place, Cool Beans Lit, & more. Her images celebrate the habitat of her home on the rural Charles River in Sherborn. Kelly’s digital collages are composed from her original digital images.
Haunting!