Gyroscope Review is celebrating National Poetry Month with a Poem Renaissance, a review of previously published poems looking for new life and new views. Every day through May 20th, a new poem to fall in love with all over again.
Pomegranate
by Alison Stone
Persephone is eating seeds in hell,
the tart rubies of departure.
Barren fields have tales to tell –
that old story, mother/daughter.
The tart rubies of departure
we open to taste autumn’s red song –
that old story, mother/daughter,
how our children aren’t ours for long.
We open to taste autumn’s red song,
try to find some grace in letting go.
Our children aren’t ours for long.
Their faces say, We know the things we know.
Try to find some grace in letting go.
Even barren fields have tales to tell.
Her face saying, I know the things I know,
Persephone is eating seeds in hell.
Originally published in The Lyric
Alison Stone has published nine full-length collections and three chapbooks, most recently Informed (NYQ Books, 2024)). She was awarded Poetry’s Frederick Bock Prize, New York Quarterly’s Madeline Sadin award, and The Lyric’s Lyric Prize. A licensed psychotherapist, she is also a visual artist and the creator of The Stone Tarot.
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