Sarah Stern's Writings
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Poem
Dec.02.2011
Verse Daily
The Owl
What is she thinking ofwhen I look up and see her,wings spread far apart,her feet about to graspa branch high above?
She lands and arrangesher feathers, tucks her head.She has white feathersand views of the Palisades.I have the dream of snow
falling at night over halfof Independence Avenue.I stand on the thresholdunder...
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Poem
Sep.19.2011
Verse Daily
Pura Vida in Costa Rica
How does the light change red bricks,smell of gasoline, cut grass,gash below your heart?
When I was a child at the beachI thought the day would never endbecause it was how I had imagined it:
salt and blue, wind just righteven the ice cream didn't melt.Tell me what went wrong
between then and now.I need to know for the next timewhen I come...
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Poem
Sep.09.2011
The Riverdale Press
My Clear Blue Morning
By Sarah Stern
i. Holy Water
The black snake wraps around me,
but his head stands erect opposite mine.
He stares, knows that whatever I do won’t
matter; I’ll die from his grip anyway.
When they gather us in for quick dispatch,
I escape and walk through the dark valley
to those who didn’t know...
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Poem
Aug.18.2011
Ducts.org, Summer 2010
Two Poems
Sarah Stern
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About Sarah
Sarah Stern’s first book Another Word for Love was published by Finishing Line Press in May 2011. Her poems have appeared in magazines, anthologies, and online, and most recently in Epiphany. She is a four-time winner of the Bronx Council...
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