Two poems by Rebecca Foust (Poetry ’10)
Poetry alum Rebecca Foust has two poems recently featured in Quarterly West. Read an excerpt of “Missing AA Flight 11 on 9/11” below:
Missing AA Flight 11 on 9/11
For want of a nail . . . the rider was lost. –from a 13th century proverb.
What if I had not forgotten the pectin?
What if the beach plum jam had jelled in time
for me to box up the twelve jars the day before
my flight out of Logan? I’d have mailed the jam
—August conserved in amber syrup perfection—
back home as planned…
Continue reading “Missing AA Flight 11 on 9/11” as well as “To the Sonnet” here: https://www.quarterlywest.com/issue-106-foust
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