winter storm watch
worrying about
my mother's bone scan
Kelley White
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
冬季風暴警戒
擔心我母親
的骨頭掃描
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
冬季风暴警戒
担心我母亲
的骨头扫描
Bio Sketch
Pediatrician Kelley White has worked in inner city Philadelphia and rural New Hampshire. Her poems have appeared in Exquisite Corpse, Rattle and JAMA. Her recent books are TOXIC ENVIRONMENT (Boston Poet Press) and TWO BIRDS IN FLAME (Beech River Books). She received a 2008 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grant.
The thematic shift in L3 makes the juxtaposition of "winter storm watch" and "bone scan" emotionally effective, and on second reading, L1 successfully carries symbolic and emotional significance.
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