In the Melting Pot
by Edytta Wojnar
of lowlands and mountains
a divide a mile deep
on the south a steel wall
twenty feet high
on the east windows
boarded up against looters
and on the west trees
burn for weeks
constant blood moon against
shrouds of smoke that choke
like the knee
on a neck.
a divide a mile deep
on the south a steel wall
twenty feet high
on the east windows
boarded up against looters
and on the west trees
burn for weeks
constant blood moon against
shrouds of smoke that choke
like the knee
on a neck.
Edytta Wojnar, born and raised in Poland, now lives with her husband in northern New Jersey. She holds an MFA in Poetry from William Paterson University where she currently teaches College Writing. She is the author of two chapbooks: Stories Her Hands Tell and Here and There, both published by Finishing Line Press. Her work has appeared in The American Journal of Poetry, Cagibi, CALYX, Lumina, Narrative Northeast, and Paterson Literary Review, among others.
