Marcene Gandolfo

Hungers

Ghosts rise and float above the envelope
that spins the mothy wind.

Tonight I hear something
starve –

Why do I shiver at the sight
of one thin nail?

Bolt the door. Fasten the window.
Draw the shade

down as the garden shadows huddle,
as an eyelash closes over a rose.

 
 
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Marcene Gondolfo’s work has been published widely in many journals, including Poet Lore, Bellingham Review, DMQ Review, Harpur Palate, Bayou, The Café Review, and Paterson Literary Review. This year, Gondoldo released her first full-length collection of poems, Angles of Departure (Cherry Grove Collections, February 2014)). Last year, the book was a finalist for the Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize and the Patricia Bibby First Book Award and a semi-finalist for the Washington Prize. She has taught at several northern California colleges, including UC Davis and Sacramento City College.