Monday, 30 August 2021

One Poem by Susan Tepper

 



Haiti


Poor little Haiti

born in the wrong place

a womb somersault

entering feet first

Emerging from the sea

at that precise time—

another and

it could have have been lustrous





Susan Tepper is a twenty year writer and the author of nine published books of fiction and poetry.  Her most recent are a poetry chap CONFESS (Cervena Barva Press, 2020) and a funky road novel WHAT DRIVES MEN (Wilderness House Press, 2019). Currently, she’s in pre-production of an Off-Broadway Play she wrote and titled ‘The Crooked Heart’ based on artist Jackson Pollock in his later years. www.susantepper.com


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