PoemPlay AudioBy Jill Alexander EssbaumShare thisShareA clementineOf inclement climateGrows tart.A crocusToo stoic to open,Won’t.Like an oysterThat cloisters a spoil of pearls,Untouched—The heart that’s hadEnoughStays shut.Source: Poetry (December 2009)
A clementineOf inclement climateGrows tart.A crocusToo stoic to open,Won’t.Like an oysterThat cloisters a spoil of pearls,Untouched—The heart that’s hadEnoughStays shut.Source: Poetry (December 2009)
