The year's at the spring,
And day's at the morn;
Morning's at seven;
The hill-side's dew-pearled;
The lark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn;
God's in his Heaven—
All's right with the world!
by Peter BalakianMy grandmother cored them
with a serrated knife
with her hands that had come
through the slaughter -
So many hours I stared at the blotch
marks on her knuckles
her strong fingers around ...