Anasazi
Karen A. Romanko
am an old one. I
won't use your soul long.
Watch now. The clans
have gathered. The priests
pray for blessed rain
that we may keep our
red, rock houses in this
dry, sandstone land.
Feel me. I
paint their pictures. My
people live beyond me
on the cave wall,
in your spirit. I
will live beyond me.
Author Bio
Karen A. Romanko is the editor and publisher of Raven Electrick, a lively (she hopes) sf/f/h and mystery web-zine (http://www.ravenelectrick.com). Her poems and stories have appeared in Fables, Rogue Worlds, Vacancy, The Writer's Hood, and Raven. In her "past life" as a full-time librarian, her part-time writing credits included articles and short stories in Publishers Weekly, American Libraries, and the Science Fiction Law Journal, among others.
When not hunched at her computer, Karen enjoys the sun of Southern California with biologist hubby Bob Desharnais.
Read other poems by Karen
Dragon's Breath
Snowflakes
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- Read Beltaine - a poem.
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