Pamela Uschuk's Writings
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Poem
Feb.20.2009
FINDING PEACHES IN THE DESERT, Wings Press, 2000.
FINDING PEACHES IN THE DESERT
They taste like a woman, you say,and bite deep into the sweet heat squeezing through tender skin,while I laugh, taking the fruit you offer.We close our eyes and transport this delicious host to our lovesflown distant as time in dreams.You can never eat too many, I say and pullanother ripe peach from the desert tree.It fills my palm,...
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About Pamela
Called by THE BLOOMSBURY REVIEW, “one of the most insightful and spirited poets today,” Pamela Uschuk is the author of four books of poems, the award-winning FINDING PEACHES IN THE DESERT, ONE LEGGED DANCER and SCATTERED RISKS (nominated for a Pulitzer...