Your sheet tangled body
lies asleep now,
wombed around a pillow
from Tennessee.
And, alone, I chase smoke dreams
through the night,
watching words walk up the wall
and fall off the ceiling
onto yellow pads.
Shhhhh!
You keep climbing
those feathered hills
all the way to Chattanooga.
Remember, yellow is your favorite color
and words have walked for ages.
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Reviewed by Gaye Dale (Reader)
Reviewed on January 11, 2004
"Your sheet tangled body
lies asleep now,
wombed around a pillow"
Under Amber Skies, written by author and poet Jill Eisnaugle, is a wonderful collection of rhyming poetry guaranteed to please every reader. In this, her second book, she writes of new friendships kindled, as well as old friendships solidified. She g
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lies asleep now,
wombed around a pillow"
Gorgeous imagery, Larry!