Scott Norman Rosenthal Poet Free verse

My Sister

“My Sister”
       (for Hilde Weisert,
           and her daughter)

My sister’s skin is pale,
     the light is dim,

    perhaps I sleep
 and am dreaming.

She questions me,
   but I have no breath

    and I stumble
 as I reach out, towards her.

Her laughter as she leaves,
   is like bells on a black camel,

   in the wind, in the desert,
 at night.                          
                                       (Scott Norman Rosenthal, Fall ’77)

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Andrea Dietrich November 27, 2022 at 9:48 AM wow, I love this kind of writing. Since this is my first time to see you here and this is SUCH good work, a Fave I bestow on it.

Scott Norman Rosenthal November 24, 2022 at 5:01 AM 4JT

Beata Agustin August 27, 2022 at 6:40 AM Thanks for sharing this. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." The Lord's blessings be with you. Scott Norman Rosenthal November 24, 2022 at 5:01 AM However, I'm not Christian.