Volume 5 | Issue 2 | June-July
2011 |
Claim
Diane Gage
Stake it with a stick, a flag
a rifle, a missile, plunge it
deep into harsh or forgiving
ground. Say “in the name of”
what stands in your language
for “mine,” to do with as I will
or we will, or can do. The devil
in his dancing shoes? Perhaps.
Or the poised diver alone high
on a platform above, about
to beautifully out-grace others,
take home the medal, savor
a serving or banquet of fame.
Between extremes of obvious
drama, most of us negotiate
smaller and quieter claims -
the various knick-knacks
of identity, the tough, fragile
ova of love and pride."
Diane Gage - Diane Gage is a writer, artist and Expressive Arts Counselor. Born in Montana and educated in literature and language in North Carolina (Duke, MA) and Arizona (ASU, PhD), she is also a graduate of the Expressive Arts Institute and the European Graduate School in Switzerland. Poetry is Diane Gage’s primary passion and she has published poems in various venues such as Rattapallax, Seattle Review, Puerto del Sol, Poeisis and the National Forum.
e-mail: dgage@san.rr.com
