by Marjorie Maddox
When all else goes, I welcome you in, pull you close; skin to skin.
I welcome you in. Ban the banter. Skin to skin, the poem my cantor.
Banned: the banter that silences hymns. The poem my cantor to listen within
the silence of Him when all else goes. To listen within, I pull Him close.
Professor of English and Creative Writing at Lock Haven University and Sage Graduate Fellow of Cornell University (MFA), Marjorie Maddox has published 11 collections of poetry—including Transplant, Transport, Transubstantiation (2004 Yellowglen Prize; re-release 2018); True, False, None of the Above (Poiema Poetry Series, Illumination Book Award Medalist); Local News from Someplace Else (Wipf and Stock); Wives’ Tales (Seven Kitchens Press); Perpendicular As I (Sandstone Book Award)—the short story collection What She Was Saying (Fomite Press); several children’s books; Common Wealth: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania (co-editor; Penn State University Press); Presence (assistant editor); and over 550 stories, essays, and poems in journals and anthologies. Currently, she and photographer Karen Elias are collaborating on several projects. For more information, please see www.marjoriemaddox.com
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