Submission Deadline Approaches for HMA Tour, Melissa Hager's "Mmmm Hmmmm" after Susan Greene

Saturday, September 29 is the final day submissions will be accepted for Art of Poetry Catawba Valley's tour of Hickory Museum of Art. The tour on October 13 begins at 2 pm and will explore Blow Up, Dear Paul Letters, Sugar & Spice, POP: Everyday Imagery As Art, and ongoing glass and folk art exhibits. 

For submission guidelines, visit the link at 
https://artofpoetrycv.blogspot.com/2018/08/art-of-poetry-catawba-valley-announces.html

Last week's featured poem was about Susan Greene's photographic collage Mourning Wrap - and so too is this week's piece by Melissa Hager. 

MMMM HMMMM

by Melissa Hager

after Susan Greene’s Mourning Wrap

Frogs - symbol of our home,

potteried amphibians, leapers

with tinkly bells to welcome

the visitor. Harlequin ribbiter

sits atop chimes to warn of high

winds, soothe with calm breezes

as a tadpole plant holder

metamorphoses;

now smokes butt ends

of son’s Marlboro Reds.

Olive frogs, red frogs, crystal

frogs a courtin’ upon broken

Christmas tree bough.

Frog with feathers, a fishing pole,

and failure - as one lay in pieces

upon ceramic tile floor.