Poet of the Month

Ruth Bavetta

Ruth Bavetta has been published in Nimrod, Tar River Review, Rattle, North American Review, Rhino, Poetry East, Atlanta Review and Poetry New Zealand, among other places. Her work also appeared in the anthology Twelve Los Angeles Poets. She is a graduate of USC, Cal State San Bernardino and Claremont Graduate School and lives in San Clemente.

Dementia

My mother's purse,
almost empty,
brass clasp gaping open,
shredded tissues,
cracked mirror,
black lining,
no keys inside.

Previously published in RE:AL

Almost Overnight

Hills faded from green to tawny,
wild mustard past its golden fling,
lavender of ceanothus gone.
Withering of spring,
start of summer's heat,
our onward march
to days without a shadow,
to days of hard, clear light.