{"id":6481,"date":"2022-09-30T21:26:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T21:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farefwd.com\/?p=6481"},"modified":"2022-11-01T02:22:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T02:22:41","slug":"making-the-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farefwd.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/30\/making-the-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the Bed"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Fare Forward Poetry Competition: Honorable Mention<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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By Marjorie Maddox<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Because my friends have died, will die, I praise
these clean white sheets that smell of nothing dead,
their taking off or putting on, the rise
of cotton hope so small I discard dread<\/p>

ten seconds more. No seashore near these waves
of air, I dream a faithful raft of sleep
to float my loves on prayer past fear or pain,
to sail away my well-worn doubt, to breathe<\/p>

again a peace that\u2019s daily lost, but found
a minute here or there in what is cleansed,
returned for weekly ritual, profound
simplicity of pause. Because my friends<\/p>

are gone, I breathe in now, the billowed sheets,
the only silent prayer I dare to speak.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Professor of English at Lock Haven University, <\/em>Marjorie Maddox<\/strong> has published 13 collections of poetry\u2014including <\/em>Transplant, Transport, Transubstantiation<\/a> (Yellowglen Prize); <\/em>Begin with a Question<\/a> (<\/strong>Paraclete, International Book Award Winner), and <\/em>Heart Speaks, Is Spoken For<\/a> (Shanti Arts), an ekphrastic collaboration with photographer Karen Elias; the short story collection <\/em>What She Was Saying<\/a> (Fomite); four children\u2019s and YA books including <\/em>Inside Out: Poems on Writing and Reading Poems with Insider Exercises<\/a> (Finalist International Book Awards), <\/em>A Crossing of Zebras: Animal Packs in Poetry<\/a>; <\/em>I\u2019m Feeling Blue, Too!<\/a> (a 2021 NCTE Notable Poetry Book); <\/em>Rules of the Game: Baseball Poems; <\/a>and Common Wealth: Contemporary Poets on<\/a> Pennsylvania<\/a> (co-editor).<\/em> In the Museum of My Daughter\u2019s Mind, based on her daughter\u2019s paintings (www.hafer.work<\/a>) and works by other artists, is forthcoming in 2023 (Shanti Arts). Please see www.marjoriemaddox.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Honorable Mention: “Making the Bed” by Marjorie 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