Subway Escalator


from rain-chilled morning
I am lowered into
yesterday’s heat
dissolving into it
like summer soaking into
a snow-melt stream

Packing to Stay

Miriam's poetry has been performed from many stages, classrooms, pulpits, and living rooms. Her all time favorite compliment is "I didn't think I liked poetry, but I liked that!"

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"Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private."
—Allen Ginsberg
Miriam Axel-Lute