a February bat

Opening Book: Unbidden Page 78 (Final Poem of the Book)

Opening Book: The Green Gate Page 74-76

Opening Book: Given Page 72

• [The 3rd line in the 4th Stanza should read: Still never makes me wonder less.]

Opening Book: Come Out! Page 41-42

• I changed a line in this poem:

From: From off the floor where still its veins had bled.
To: Off the floor where still its veins bled through.

• I think this was my twentieth try at reading this. What I would really love is for an actress or another reader, a woman preferably, to give it a try. If there are any takers, and if you like the poem enough, let me know.

Opening Book: My Bridge is like a Rainbow Page 34-38

Opening Book: The Merry-Go-Round Page 26

All my Telling