Produced by Dennis Camire
This week’s poem is by Jeri Thereault of South Portland.
radiant
After “Radiant Persian Pair,” Dale Chihuly 2003
By Jeri Thereault
blossoms swell to globes
of swallowed summer
goldfinch-flit
canola field
crayola
kitchen lit
by biscuits &
lemons
pears in a bowl
two Fiesta creamers
one sunflower
one daffodil
saffron
sun-wild when heated
gamboge from Cambodian
pine resin & pale Indian yellow
cured from the urine
of mango-fed cows
yellower
still – this black-
lipped Persian pair
like the earrings Granddad
brought from France
their brittle swirl
even now
among the feathers
& stones
on the dresser
tart little wings
like Grandmother’s
kicked-up
yellow
skirts.
Dennis Camire can be reached at dcamire@cmcc.edu
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