At the Rim of the Horizon
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At the Rim of the Horizon
Ruby R. Wilson
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Tall stalks of big bluestem, stiff sunflower,
curled dock, fuzzy goldenrod
“November Bouquet”
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and milkweed, whose feminine podsare turned, some up like a cupped hand
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others down like an umbrella
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some sideways, pregnant with seedsthat look like tiny pheasant feathers
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each seed attached to a silky parachute
that will shed and floatwith every draft of air that stirs
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to sparkle in the orangelight of the setting sun
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I start with a cup of raw great northern beans
add carrots, celery, tomato saucesimmer, stir, and taste
“In My Kitchen”
I make poems sometimes
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Other days, the poem starts with potato water
honey, yeast, and flour
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These poems usually don’t last too long
but they’re delicious
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At the Rim of the Horizon
by Ruby R. Wilson
Ruby Wilson writes of making poems in her kitchen: “with potato water/ honey, yeast and flour.” These poems are accessible but never simplistic. They speak to each one of us in their richness of detail.”
— Linda Hasselstrom, Dirt Songs and others: www.windbreakhouse.com
Also available at:
• Amazon.com• The South Dakota Agricultural
Heritage Museum• The South Dakota Art Museum
Published by Finishing Line Press
https://finishinglinepress.com/
In At the Rim of the Horizon, Ruby R. Wilson pays attention. She zeros in on remnants of the South Dakota prairie—its grasses and transcendent skies—to cull ordinary, beautiful moments for poems.
— Christine Stewart-Nuñez, author of Keeping Them Alive