In the Shower

/ Issue 14.3 /

This morning in the shower
the water

was not a means to an end
or a place where
over and over
………..and over again

one worries and plans and frets,

but rather the water
…………………….was water
and I earth
……………and water’s
…………………………..daughter.

Wendy Videlock

Wendy Videlock

Wendy Videlock lives on the western slope of the Colorado Rockies.Her work appears widely, most notably in Hudson Review, Best American Poetry, Hopkins Review, Rattle, Oprah Magazine, and other venues. Her upcoming collection of essays and prosimetra, The Poetic Imaginarium: A Worthy Difficulty, (Lithic Press) and a new collection of poems, Wise to the West, (Able Muse Press) will both appear in 2022. To learn more visit: https://wendy-videlock.constantcontactsites.com/
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Wendy Videlock lives on the western slope of the Colorado Rockies. Her work appears widely, most notably in Hudson Review, Best American Poetry, Hopkins Review, Rattle, Oprah Magazine, and other venues. Her upcoming collection of essays and prosimetra, The Poetic Imaginarium: A Worthy Difficulty, (Lithic Press) and a new collection of poems, Wise to the West, (Able Muse Press) will both appear in 2022. To learn more visit: https://wendy-videlock.constantcontactsites.com/