Rosalind Brenner

Rosalind Brenner is a poet and painter/ stained glass artist living in East Hampton, NY. Her poetry has appeared in the literary journals: The Arroyo Review, Ontologica, The Cortland Review among others. She is the author of the chapbooks “Omega’s Garden” and “All That’s Left,” and the forthcoming book, “Every Glittering Chimera.” Her paintings have been shown in New York and Chicago.

Find out more about Rosalind at rosalindbrenner.com

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► Rosalind's microchap & selected poems are available below. Download the single-page PDF by clicking the title.

Origami Microchap

this wet, this glistening fruit

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Rosalind Brenner CVR Glistening Fruit Rev Apr 2019

Cover art by Lauri Burke

Acknowledgments:
this wet, this glistening fruit
& technical difficulties
- are included in the collection -
‘Every Glittering Chimera’

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In My Arms

When I lie face up, hoary and broken,
drowning in a freak sea,

or when I crash into a mountain

trying to recite my mantra

invoking Buddha as my pilot—
or close my blind eyes

in a nursing home as my sons
kiss my forehead, moisten my lips,

some trace of me will remain
a shade on this porch swing,

my arms, shelter for our love,
fixed in this moment of bliss.

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Reflection- To a Real Husband

The sheers are purling in the evening wind.
You are lazing in a moonbeam,
bare feet up on the wicker chair.

I know we vowed
not to be each other’s happiness
when we were young,
when neither could believe we’d last.
But now your face softens
the lines on mine.

Past the age
of liking mirrors, I look
into you.

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