FALL/WINTER 2012



Susan Marie LaVallee

CONFINED

One day
she felt
small as an island
compared to the sea
it sits
in
the
sun
in.

She remembered
one
night
when
(though there
was no closet
in the room)
she was
in one
like a broom.

 


Susan Marie LaVallee was a poet and teacher living and working on the island of Oahu, Hi. She had a BA in English, an MA in education, and teaching credentials in English and psychology, all from UCLA. Susan served as regional coordinator and haiku contest judge for the Haiku Society of America.

 


 

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