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Rebecca Weiner Tompkins: Adultery

Dark pines and thin silvery trees
throw shadows on your face lowering to meet mine;
we make love, wrapped in heavy coats,
knees bumping glove box and seatback.

March 19, 2022 · 1 Comment

Rebecca Weiner Tompkins: Mayday, Mayday

The white rain of petals that fell for a week is done.
What catches now in my hair
are the dried blossoms of the Callery Pear,
startling and crackly, as they float and scatter

December 1, 2021 · 4 Comments

Rebecca Weiner Tompkins: A Red Tractor

It’s not weather or seasons I’m really thinking about,
merely the time of year, in a year of big changes,
when the best, most awaited change is about to happen

October 6, 2021 · 4 Comments

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