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Cathleen Cohen
Cathleen Cohen was the 2019 Poet Laureate of Montgomery County, PA. Her poems appear in various journals and her poetry collections are Camera Obscura ( 2017), Etching the Ghost (2021) and Sparks and Disperses (2021). Her paintings are on view at Cerulean Arts Gallery and her website.
Hunger
Like squirrels
who knot our yard
in silver threads, I ache
to crimson my lips
with berries –
although they’re toxic,
might alter my heart
rhythms.
Slow down!
warn my ghosts.
Be thankful for desire,
for the search.
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