Two Poems by Tiana Nobile (poetry, ’17)

An excerpt from “Mother of Rock” by Tiana Nobile (poetry, ’17), one of two poems published at The Indianapolis Review:

Mother of Rock

The familiar clack of shoes against tile, click
of the key in the lock. Wait and rock.

Your gaze silent and grim, I long for the touch
that doesn’t come.  My tongue caught

on the cage of my mouth
tart with sour milk.

In the picture from your wedding,
a white dress of lace. As if held  […continue reading here]