Roller Coaster
The curator of our emotions
has no more say over them than we.
A rivulet of disappointment
might slog along at first
then gain speed, swirl and spew,
transform to something wholly new,
something unhinged, in the thrall
of conjecture – even exaggeration –
that only a firebreak can dam up,
a caesura that empowers thought,
turns upside down and inside out
fear, pain, anger and other such goblins.
Louise Kantro, a retired high school English teacher, is a bridge-player, cat-lover, and CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) for foster children. She received her MFA from Goddard College in 2003 and has published poetry and prose in such journals as Oasis, Cloudbank, The Chariton Review, the new renaissance, South Loop Review, Monterey Poetry Review, and Caesura. Her latest project is scanning a century’s worth of family photos.
The curator of our emotions
has no more say over them than we.
A rivulet of disappointment
might slog along at first
then gain speed, swirl and spew,
transform to something wholly new,
something unhinged, in the thrall
of conjecture – even exaggeration –
that only a firebreak can dam up,
a caesura that empowers thought,
turns upside down and inside out
fear, pain, anger and other such goblins.
Louise Kantro, a retired high school English teacher, is a bridge-player, cat-lover, and CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) for foster children. She received her MFA from Goddard College in 2003 and has published poetry and prose in such journals as Oasis, Cloudbank, The Chariton Review, the new renaissance, South Loop Review, Monterey Poetry Review, and Caesura. Her latest project is scanning a century’s worth of family photos.
