Georgia, by Susan Michele Coronel

​georgia
 
pelvic bones & ram skulls 
open the door 
to ghost ranch canyon
to reveal a patch 
of cobalt sky:
open shell,
open flower,
open drawer,
open valley
 
open up,
it’s me.
georgia, you are on my mind

Susan Michele Coronel

Susan Michele Coronel graduated with a B.A. in English from Indiana University-Bloomington and an M.S. Ed. in Applied Linguistics/Teaching English as a Second Language from Queens College (CUNY). She is a lifelong lover of poetry, and has studied with Yusef Komunyakaa, Tina Chang, Joanna Fuhrman and Annie Finch. Her poem "British Rhapsody" was published in issue #7 of Newtown Literary Journal. She has worked as a journalist and blogger, and as an elementary and ESL teacher. Since 2004 she has lived in Ridgewood, Queens, where she owns and directs a preschool/daycare program.