Recommend Poems (Email)
This action will generate an email recommending this article to the recipient of your choice. Note that your email address and your recipient's email address are not logged by this system.
Email Article Link
Wrestling with spiritual themes, Wystan shares her work with readers. Poetry is a rare but appreciated addition to New Church Perspective's publishing fare. -Editor
Chosen
We lined up and stood there
waiting to be chosen
for dancing class.
I see it again --
The awful moment
watching them come across,
and part
to each side around me,
choosing partners.
How much easier
years before
when the square dancing began--