Sestina Flashcards
1
Q
September…
A
rain falls on the house.
2
Q
In the failing light…
A
the old grandmother sits in the kitchen with the child
3
Q
reading the jokes…
A
from the almanac, laughing and talking to hide her tears
4
Q
the iron…
A
kettle sings on the stove.
5
Q
but the child…
A
is watching the teakettle’s small hard tears dance like mad on the hot black stove
6
Q
the…
A
clever almanac
7
Q
birdlike…
A
the almanac hovers half open above the child, hovers above the old grandmother and her teacup full of dark brown tears.
8
Q
the child draws…
A
draws a rigid house and a winding pathway. then the child puts in a man with buttons like tears
9
Q
the little…
A
moons fall down like tears
10
Q
time to…
A
plant tears says the almanac
