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Iowa Writes KATHY GRUENEWALD Observe these mystics who devote themselves to standing meditation. They are believers who wrap their beauty in spines and wrinkles. Their meals are simple, few and deep, their minds abandoned to the wall.
space they stand, inhaling deeply from within. Sudden rainfall plumps up weathered faces, softens pods and plates. Desert heat has sealed the juicy flesh and baked a fruit of patience. |
Happy National Poetry Month! April is National Poetry Month! Celebrate the importance of poetry with us by reading work by Iowa-identified poets!
Since 2006, Iowa Writes has featured the work of Iowa-identified writers (whether they have Iowa roots or live here now) and work published by Iowa journals and publishers on The Daily Palette. Iowa Writes features poetry, fiction, or nonfiction twice a week on the Palette. In November of 2008, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated Iowa City, Iowa, the world's third City of Literature, making the community part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Iowa City has joined Edinburgh, Scotland and Melbourne, Australia as UNESCO Cities of Literature. Find out more about submitting by contacting iowa-writes@uiowa.edu KATHY GRUENEWALD This poem originally appeared in Volume 5, Number 6 of 100 Words, a journal published by The University of Iowa's International Writing Program between 1993 and 1998. Each piece in the journal had to be 100 words or fewer, and each issue had a theme. This issue's theme was "On Garden."
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