by Peggy Landsman
begins by saying “Sh,”
trying to hide the fact
that it’s loud.
Then all its letters all together,
but very indirectly,
shout “Hold us!”
We must put our shoulders
to the wheel,
make the world as warm and as loving
as we believe it should be.
Peggy Landsman is the author of a poetry chapbook, To-wit To-woo (Foothills Publishing). Her work has been published in many literary journals and anthologies, including The Muse Strikes Back (Story Line Press), Breathe: 101 Contemporary Odes (C&R Press), Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology Of Subversive Verse (Lost Horse Press), SWWIM Every Day, The Ekphrastic Review, and Mezzo Cammin. A full-length collection of her poetry is forthcoming from Unsolicited Press. She lives in South Florida where she swims in the warm Atlantic Ocean every chance she gets. https://peggylandsman.wordpress.com/
(And don’t miss Peggy’s poem This Election from the November 4, 2019 Weekly. – Elephants Never)