“The Chapel of Want,” a poem by Colleen Abel (poetry, ’04) appears online at A River & Sound Review.

What was your heart like?

Dropped crumbs in a wide forest

Slow drip         slow chant

In the chapel of want

One said          he will not live

Long like this

Your body sounding a bell

To my body …[Keep Reading]…

Colleen is the author of the chapbook Housewifery (2013, Dancing Girl Press).