In verse: Maine places and people

Produced by Dennis Camire

This week’s poem is by Jeri Thereault of South Portland.

radiant

After “Radiant Persian Pair,” Dale Chihuly 2003

blossoms swell to globes

of swallowed summer

goldfinch-flit

canola field

crayola

kitchen lit

by biscuits &

lemons

pears in a bowl

two Fiesta creamers

one sunflower

one daffodil

saffron

sun-wild when heated

gamboge from Cambodian

pine resin & pale Indian yellow

cured from the urine

of mango-fed cows

yellower

still – this black-

lipped Persian pair

like the earrings Granddad

brought from France

their brittle swirl

even now

among the feathers

& stones

on the dresser

tart little wings

like Grandmother’s

kicked-up

yellow

skirts.

Dennis Camire can be reached at dcamire@cmcc.edu

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