{"id":2941,"date":"2016-02-22T23:43:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T23:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=2941"},"modified":"2017-03-25T04:31:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T04:31:00","slug":"rye-shoulders-cake-breasts-by-emily-strauss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/rye-shoulders-cake-breasts-by-emily-strauss\/","title":{"rendered":"Rye Shoulders, Cake Breasts by Emily Strauss"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Red on Green by Lynda Warne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rye Shoulders, Cake Breasts<\/h2>\n

by\u00a0Emily Strauss<\/p>\n

warm loaves like buttocks
\nbaked into shape,
\nthe clay oven cooling now
\nbutter softens, quince jam
\nchunky
\nthe knife will cut me
\nopen to steam
\nat the naked window
\nwith fall clouds lowering
\nthe air darkening
\nlight a lamp on a blue
\nDelft plate on the wooden
\ntable, thick slice
\nready to bite, lick
\nsugar from your fingers
\nyour tongue seeking
\nthe crumbs, round
\nsweet buns of morning<\/p>\n

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Emily Strauss has an M.A. in English, but is self-taught in poetry, which she has written since college Over 300 of her poems appear in a wide variety of online venues and in anthologies, in the U.S. and abroad. The natural world is generally her framework; she also considers the stories of people and places around her. She is a semi-retired teacher living in California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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