{"id":13693,"date":"2019-05-01T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/two-poems-by-a-m-brant\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:40:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:40:55","slug":"two-poems-by-a-m-brant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2019\/05\/01\/two-poems-by-a-m-brant\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Poems by A.M. Brant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-social-links-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-facebook  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61556140010887\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12c0 5 3.7 9.1 8.4 9.9v-7H7.9V12h2.5V9.8c0-2.5 1.5-3.9 3.8-3.9 1.1 0 2.2.2 2.2.2v2.5h-1.3c-1.2 0-1.6.8-1.6 1.6V12h2.8l-.4 2.9h-2.3v7C18.3 21.1 22 17 22 12c0-5.5-4.5-10-10-10z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-instagram  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/boudin_mcneese\/\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12,4.622c2.403,0,2.688,0.009,3.637,0.052c0.877,0.04,1.354,0.187,1.671,0.31c0.42,0.163,0.72,0.358,1.035,0.673 c0.315,0.315,0.51,0.615,0.673,1.035c0.123,0.317,0.27,0.794,0.31,1.671c0.043,0.949,0.052,1.234,0.052,3.637 s-0.009,2.688-0.052,3.637c-0.04,0.877-0.187,1.354-0.31,1.671c-0.163,0.42-0.358,0.72-0.673,1.035 c-0.315,0.315-0.615,0.51-1.035,0.673c-0.317,0.123-0.794,0.27-1.671,0.31c-0.949,0.043-1.233,0.052-3.637,0.052 s-2.688-0.009-3.637-0.052c-0.877-0.04-1.354-0.187-1.671-0.31c-0.42-0.163-0.72-0.358-1.035-0.673 c-0.315-0.315-0.51-0.615-0.673-1.035c-0.123-0.317-0.27-0.794-0.31-1.671C4.631,14.688,4.622,14.403,4.622,12 s0.009-2.688,0.052-3.637c0.04-0.877,0.187-1.354,0.31-1.671c0.163-0.42,0.358-0.72,0.673-1.035 c0.315-0.315,0.615-0.51,1.035-0.673c0.317-0.123,0.794-0.27,1.671-0.31C9.312,4.631,9.597,4.622,12,4.622 M12,3 C9.556,3,9.249,3.01,8.289,3.054C7.331,3.098,6.677,3.25,6.105,3.472C5.513,3.702,5.011,4.01,4.511,4.511 c-0.5,0.5-0.808,1.002-1.038,1.594C3.25,6.677,3.098,7.331,3.054,8.289C3.01,9.249,3,9.556,3,12c0,2.444,0.01,2.751,0.054,3.711 c0.044,0.958,0.196,1.612,0.418,2.185c0.23,0.592,0.538,1.094,1.038,1.594c0.5,0.5,1.002,0.808,1.594,1.038 c0.572,0.222,1.227,0.375,2.185,0.418C9.249,20.99,9.556,21,12,21s2.751-0.01,3.711-0.054c0.958-0.044,1.612-0.196,2.185-0.418 c0.592-0.23,1.094-0.538,1.594-1.038c0.5-0.5,0.808-1.002,1.038-1.594c0.222-0.572,0.375-1.227,0.418-2.185 C20.99,14.751,21,14.444,21,12s-0.01-2.751-0.054-3.711c-0.044-0.958-0.196-1.612-0.418-2.185c-0.23-0.592-0.538-1.094-1.038-1.594 c-0.5-0.5-1.002-0.808-1.594-1.038c-0.572-0.222-1.227-0.375-2.185-0.418C14.751,3.01,14.444,3,12,3L12,3z M12,7.378 c-2.552,0-4.622,2.069-4.622,4.622S9.448,16.622,12,16.622s4.622-2.069,4.622-4.622S14.552,7.378,12,7.378z M12,15 c-1.657,0-3-1.343-3-3s1.343-3,3-3s3,1.343,3,3S13.657,15,12,15z M16.804,6.116c-0.596,0-1.08,0.484-1.08,1.08 s0.484,1.08,1.08,1.08c0.596,0,1.08-0.484,1.08-1.08S17.401,6.116,16.804,6.116z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>A.M. Brant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">__________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:25px\"><strong>Mermaid<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Glisten, water glow, on tail<br>of scales of gold. Siren song<br>rising over the mountaintop<br>town. Candle woman sun up.<br>She is calling to you. Can you hear<br>her song? She is dancing on the Ohio,<br>her arms open, her breasts open,<br>eyes open, mouth loud. She is calling<br>to you, listen now. She says<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>it is too late come to me now<br>it is too late come to me now<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">__________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:25px\"><strong>Call It Rage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Pick a flower<br>petal petal petal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>He loves me he loves me not<br>He loves me he loves me not<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">petal petal petal<br>Become preocuppied<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">with the picking<br>with the petals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">falling become aware<br>of the light green fluffs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">of tiny left behind<br>the rim of bulb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Become aware of the residue<br>on your fingers, thin ash<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Wipe the shade on your arm<br>Focus on the petals wonder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>If he loves me if he loves me not<br>If he loves me if he loves me not<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">how many flowers believed in<br>how many boys turned men believed in<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">wished for, years of girlhood wasted<br>petal petal petal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Look at the circumference left behind<br>A bellybutton tethered to an umbilical cord<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A string tied to a rock<br>Root to earth, cut fast<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Can we hope to somehow tie these<br>remnants neatly into a crown?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">__________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>A.M. Brant\u2019s<\/strong> poems have appeared in <em>Salt Hill Journal<\/em>, <em>Blue Earth Review<\/em>, <em>Ninth Letter<\/em>, and elsewhere. She teaches writing at the University of Pittsburgh and women\u2019s and gender studies at Carlow University. She lives in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>__________<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/01\/boudin-logo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/01\/boudin-logo-1.jpg 438w, https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/01\/boudin-logo-1-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">&lt;&lt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2019\/05\/09\/two-poems-by-micki-blenkush\/\">Back<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2019\/04\/29\/happiness-in-the-face-of-bipolar-disorder-by-sean-l-corbin\/\">Next<\/a> &gt;&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">To learn more about submitting your work to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/boudin-submissions\/\">Boudin<\/a><\/em> or applying to McNeese State University&#8217;s Creative Writing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/mfa-application-submissions\/\">MFA program<\/a>, please visit Submissions for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A.M. Brant __________ Mermaid Glisten, water glow, on tailof scales of gold. Siren songrising over the mountaintoptown. Candle woman sun up.She is calling to you. Can you hearher song? She is dancing on the Ohio,her arms open, her breasts open,eyes open, mouth loud. She is callingto you, listen now. 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