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Alison Luterman

I Confess



I stalked her

in the grocery store: 

her crown

of snowy braids held in place 

by a great silver clip,

her erect bearing, radiating tenderness,

watching

the way she placed yogurt and avocados 

in her basket,

beaming peace like the North Star.

I wanted to ask, “What aisle did you find

your serenity in, do you know

how to be married for fifty years 

or how to live alone,

excuse me for interrupting, 

but you seem to possess

some knowledge that makes the earth turn and 

burn on its axis—

But we don’t request such things 

from strangers nowadays.  So I said, 

“I love your hair.”

Another favorite poet, Alison Luterman . . .


Alison Luterman is a poet, essayist and playwright. Her books include the poetry collections Desire Zoo (Tia Chucha Press), The Largest Possible Life (Cleveland State University Press) and See How We Almost Fly (Pearl Editions) and a collection of essays, Feral City (SheBooks). Luterman's plays include Saying Kaddish With My Sister, Hot Water, Glitter and Spew, Oasis, and The Recruiter and the musical, The Chain.


The poem, "I Confess" is one of my very favorites.

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