What if you couldn’t sing but you sang, and in the very act
of singing you find a rough note and the note ekes into melody,
strand of melody cobbles itself into song, not a song that would be sung
but one that could be carried in the thread of a pocket, sewn into a lining, a harmony
tucked there, when you need it.
Paulette Laufer’s recent poems have appeared in ONE ART, Moss Piglet, Blue Heron Review, Up! Magazine (UK), and Wisconsin’s Great Waters 2024-2025 Calendar. Her work has also been seen in several regional art and poetry exhibits, and the anthology Halfway to the North Pole: Door County in Poetry.
