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MAPPING THE CITY: DC Places, Part II

Simki Ghebremichael

 


GREAT FALLS

Not far from whir
of microwave, clatter of tumbled ice
in electric-lit suburban house

two geese fight it out with the current
in the frigid dusk, their shivering necks
ducking under desolate creek

roiling brown and grey
between the rocks, but for a
slash of raspberry

draping the inlet, mirroring
a stroke of distant cloud. A solitary pair—
catching dinner in the wilderness.

 


Simki Ghebremichael's work has appeared recently in So To Speak, Capitalism Nature Socialism, Tough Times Companion, and the anthology Keeping Time: 150 Years of Journal Writing. Her poem "Prague TV" won first prize in the 2010 Split This Rock national poetry contest.

 

Published in Volume 11, Number 4, Fall 2010.

 

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Simki Ghebremichael: DC Places Issue