“Summer Day” by Daye Phillippo (poetry, ’14)
A poem from Daye Phillippo (poetry, ’14) appears in Literary Mama:
Summer Day
or John
When he refused to be born, when he stayed
curled and warm and huge inside, they
sent me from the hospital, said Go home and rest,
but I weeded the parched garden instead.
After a time, the boy’s father stepped outside,
suggested I might come in out of July’s brass
heat for a glass of water, at least, but I glared
. . . continue reading here.
