Adrift
Fate takes a turn in ‘A Siren’s Tale’ by Mary H Auerbach Rykov. This striking poem appears in Issue 2, Spring 2014, and we are delighted to share it with you here.
A Siren’s Tale
by Mary H Auerbach Rykov
a thrashing fish struggling to spit free
of the hook meets a rudderless boat
adrift between winds and currents
vying to control its destiny
along comes a gentle man who,
delighting in her food and drink,
fears the dangerous
comforts of her refuge
he says I just want to be friends
she says stop kissing my mouth
And for more from Issue 2, visit the bookstore!
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Mary H Auerbach Rykov is a Toronto-based music therapist, editor, and educator whose research, poems, and songs are found in literary and academic journals. Mary serves as proofreader for Pulp Literature and freelances as a scholarly academic editor. Her poem ‘Taraxacum Officinale’ appears in Issue 9. And her book of poetry, some conditions apply, was published in 2020.
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