Natalie Marino
disappeared years
some objects not in view—
sycamore trees hide blue stars
outside the window
a donkey hovers over a foal
who knows his mother
by the shapes her hooves
make in the dirt
my grandmother
lost her house
when she forgot
who lived there
generations of women
ground corn
and stories
in night bowls
she can’t remember
the disappeared years
sycamore trees hide blue stars
outside the window
a donkey hovers over a foal
who knows his mother
by the shapes her hooves
make in the dirt
my grandmother
lost her house
when she forgot
who lived there
generations of women
ground corn
and stories
in night bowls
she can’t remember
the disappeared years
Biography
Natalie Marino (she/her) is a poet, physician, and mother. Her work appears in Barren Magazine, Capsule Stories, Dust Poetry Magazine, Leon Literary Review, Literary Mama, Moria Online, Re-side, and elsewhere. She also reads poetry submissions for Bracken Magazine. She lives in California. Her Twitter handle is @n_marinopoet.
