Celebrating by Carmen Eichman
Luscious sleep
beneath the fan
cools my arms,
its gentle breeze
a soft embrace,
as if from one whose voice
comes calming and low,
as approaching thunder.
He and summer celebrate
with me this sweet season’s
last cheer, the big hoorah,
grande finale,
swallowtails on butterfly bushes,
hummingbirds fragile as my hope
pushing bravely against
the pessimism of my past.
Author of novel, When the Ugly Comes, Carmen Eichman earned her Master’s Degree in Creative Writing and Literature from Kansas State University and is now an Assistant Professor of English and Honors Chair, living in North Carolina. Eichman’s poetry has appeared in A Little Poetry, All Things Girl, The Argotist Online, Subtle Tea, Invisible Ink, The Dan River Review, Borderline, Thick with Conviction, and Contemporary American Voices to name a few. She is currently at work on her fourth novel and third collection of poetry.
