This week, we have two poems by Jane Schneeloch. Born in Springfield, MA, where she still lives, Jane taught English for thirty-five years and has led workshops for incarcerated women, senior citizens, and middle and high school students. Her first chapbook, Climbing to the Moon: Poems Inspired by the Art of Georgia O’Keeffe, was published in 2009 by Finishing Line Press. Her poetry has appeared in Common Ground Review; Equinox; Hello, Goodbye; Peregrine; Poetic Voices Without Borders; Shine; and Survivors Review. Her play In Hiding was produced in 2008 at the Drama Studio in Springfield, where Jane serves as office manager.
Two Poems
Lux et Veritas
October rain glazes leaves
on the brick path to the Yale library.
I hesitate before this
red, gold, maple mosaic,
To step on this holy order
seems a desecration.
In its final moments
each leaf holds onto
its space in the grand design.
Do I dare disturb the beauty
Do I dare in the gray daylight
deny the truth of autumn?
Wallflower
The muse will not dance tonight,
will not amuse me in the dream place
between waking and sleep.
She danced with me yesterday,
whispered tango and salsa,
but now she has taken her seat,
maybe even nodded off.
Her feet are tired, she says,
and can’t spare an anapest
or even an iamb.
