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Ophelia Among the Reeds, by Lisa Stice

5/27/2018

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Ophelia, by Sir John Everett Millais (Britain). 1851.
Ophelia Among the Reeds
 
bedded in the stream
carried by the current
 
her palms upturned
in seeming supplication
 
her lips stopped
in mid word
 
her final question
left unfinished
 
like the flower chain
that will never be a crown

Lisa Stice


Lisa Stice is a poet/mother/military spouse, the author of Permanent Change of Station (Middle West Press, 2018) and Uniform (Aldrich Press, 2016), and a Pushcart Prize nominee. While it is difficult to say where home is, she currently lives in North Carolina with her husband, daughter and dog. You can learn more about her and her publications at lisastice.wordpress.com and at facebook.com/LisaSticePoet.
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