Ellen Rachlin’s first chapbook, Waiting for Here, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2004, and a new chapbook, Captive to Residue, is forthcoming from Flarestack Publishing. Her poems have appeared in various journals and anthologies including American Poetry Review, Confrontation, The Comstock Review and Court Green. She received her M.F.A. from Antioch College. Ms. Rachlin serves as Treasurer of The Poetry Society of America and works in finance. Click here to read sample poems. Click here to view Ellen Rachlin's upcoming events. Click here to read ancillary material in the Seminar Room. |
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BOOK STATISTICS ISBN 978-0-9798451-5-4
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CROCUSES I gave my sister the perfect Mid-March, chilly dew smothers |
I CAN BEAR TO WATCH YOU During some moments of belief, melt on the horizon while we trace our aspirations By day, red poppies dot the fields opiates for commitment. Like love of perfection, our differences are separable. small clusters of animals their heads on one another. not perfectly. alone nearly washed away, You move well out there, Without the stress of love, |
DEPARTURES We run past We’re on our way. |
WHILE IN ISRAEL, I SPEAK WITH MY COUSIN Our bus threads dirty, In an oval-shaped courtyard In the dark we converse We still resist how our family You are so oddly eloquent It seems as if when you bow All I have is the sense that |
SOMEWHERE IN HIS CURAÇAO
It’s a rainy summer day It’s a rainy summer day In this dark city kitchen, |
RELATIVITY
Sometimes the sun takes hours to shut down; The Milky Way pushes its light years hulk From birthday to ceremony, And the ducks cross Canandaigua Creek |