Marilyn Ashbaugh

Convent School

Chapel veils make us easy targets: sometimes punching bags; more often worms on hooks, squirming yet paralyzed. Comprising our defense are a razor-sharp wit and a quiver full of cuss words. It takes this desperation to learn.

switchbacks
the hoodoo's shadow
starts to speak

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About the Author

Marilyn Ashbaugh is a poet, nature photographer, and organic gardener. She is widely published in journals and anthologies featuring Japanese short-form poetry.