​Best Begun in Youth But There Are Exceptions; Patience Required, by Shirley Glubka

A Writer's Guide: handbook for the writer's craft by Margaret Blanchard, drawing by S. B. Sowbel, design by Dana Dwinell-Yardley. Click image to view book on Amazon.

​Best Begun in Youth But There Are Exceptions; Patience Required


—after the cover of A Writer's Guide: handbook for the writer's craft by Margaret Blanchard, drawing by S. B. Sowbel, design by Dana Dwinell-Yardley


To achieve the 
diamond-haunted 
irregular 
circle 

of a body
or of a life 

bend backwards
grasp toes in hands

lift to essential solitude
which is also 
unlimited apple-green expanse.

Note please the lack of distinction 
between the space inside the circle

of the body
or of the life

and the vast 
near 
space beyond.

Shirley Glubka

Shirley Glubka is a retired psychotherapist, poet, essayist, and novelist. Her most recent chapbook is Reflections Caught Leaping: poetry and related prose. Her latest novel: The Bright Logic of Wilma Schuh. Shirley lives in Prospect, Maine with her spouse, Virginia Holmes. Website: http://shirleyglubka.weebly.com