Karen StrombergBOOK, LAMP, TREEI’m going to give you three words,the nurse told my mother, which was a lie--a moment later she asked for them back. Mother couldn’t find them, looked around the room, dipped one hand in and out of her pocket. The truth is, it was my fault. I’d plucked them out of the air and locked them in my mind, just to see if I could. * * * HELPING THE ADHD CHILD AT HOME*Let’s take your scatter-jump mind You are being so good, Go on, put the meander back in your walk. *previously published in Magee Park Poets Anthology Karen Stromberg’s poetry has appeared in Red River Review, City Works, Pacific Review, Acorn Review and The San Diego Poetry Annual - 2006. Stromberg holds an M.A. in Creative Writing (fiction) and currently resuscitates books in the back room of a San Diego County library. |