“Far and Away,” by Sally Keith

Poetry faculty member Sally Keith recently had a poem featured in the LEON Literary Review. Read an excerpt of “Far and Away” below:

Far and Away

Upstairs in the café, which once had a long bar with stools, where you could plug in your computer and work with a good view of the frozen foods, if not also the line for express checkout, sometimes you would see people you knew.

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Long ago, far away, somewhere I loved, was loved, or where I loved once—

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A mother watching her child and the swimming instructor watching Amor model a perfect flip-turn each time she arrives at this end of the pool.

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To tack, to turn, to add, to get, to put yourself
So as to speed along
Really fast. 

There, sailing once
The glasses flew off and got lost—
No recovery.

Read the poem in its entirety here: http://leonliteraryreview.com/issue-4-sally-keith/