Saturday, May 15, 2004
SATURDAY'S POEM
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TINCTURE MAKING
by Colleen Redman
Digging roots
of Echinacea and Valerian
To strengthen my resistance
to quiet my restless sleep
Exposing the source
of innocent flowers
Dirty secrets
and childhood traumas
Washing the wounds
with the sting of vodka
Made into medicine
with the patience of time
Colleen Redman is the author of The Jim and Dan Stories (Silver and Gold Productions, 2003). This and her first collection of poetry, Muses Like Moonlight, are available via her website silverandgold.swva.net. Her poems have appeared in Mothering Magazine, The We’moon Journal, Poets Against the War online, and in a variety of local publications. She writes political commentaries that have been widely published on the web and in the Roanoke Times newspaper. Colleen is co-editor of A Museletter, a local forum in Floyd, Virginia, where she currently lives.
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A NOTE TO THE POETS OUT THERE
I'm interested in considering your "poems of place" for publication in The Middlewesterner's "Saturday's Poem" feature; send two or three of your best in the body of an e-mail addressed to tmmontag@dotnet.com . Put "Saturday's Poem" in the subject line. Then be patient. I will get back to you about whether I'll use your work or not. Send along a short biographical note and information about where your books can be purchased and I'll include that when your poem runs. There's no payment involved for having your work appear in "Saturday's Poem," but the feature is seen by some high class readers. About seventeen of them, by our current count.
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TINCTURE MAKING
by Colleen Redman
Digging roots
of Echinacea and Valerian
To strengthen my resistance
to quiet my restless sleep
Exposing the source
of innocent flowers
Dirty secrets
and childhood traumas
Washing the wounds
with the sting of vodka
Made into medicine
with the patience of time
Colleen Redman is the author of The Jim and Dan Stories (Silver and Gold Productions, 2003). This and her first collection of poetry, Muses Like Moonlight, are available via her website silverandgold.swva.net. Her poems have appeared in Mothering Magazine, The We’moon Journal, Poets Against the War online, and in a variety of local publications. She writes political commentaries that have been widely published on the web and in the Roanoke Times newspaper. Colleen is co-editor of A Museletter, a local forum in Floyd, Virginia, where she currently lives.
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A NOTE TO THE POETS OUT THERE
I'm interested in considering your "poems of place" for publication in The Middlewesterner's "Saturday's Poem" feature; send two or three of your best in the body of an e-mail addressed to tmmontag@dotnet.com . Put "Saturday's Poem" in the subject line. Then be patient. I will get back to you about whether I'll use your work or not. Send along a short biographical note and information about where your books can be purchased and I'll include that when your poem runs. There's no payment involved for having your work appear in "Saturday's Poem," but the feature is seen by some high class readers. About seventeen of them, by our current count.
