“The Question” by Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (Poetry ’05)

Poetry alum Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet’s poem, “The Question,” was featured in Broadsided.

Read an excerpt below.

Headshot of writer Lisa-Gluskin-Stonestreet

The Question

The choice that’s supposed to be
so telling: flight or invisibility?
Well, duh. Who, if they caught you

in sunlight, glass raised between you,
would think to ever look twice?

Read the rest of the poem and view the accompanying artwork here: The Question.