Christine Hamm

THINGS THAT ARE LEFT AT K-MART,
ACCORDING TO MY DREAM ON WEDNESDAY

Stitches. Spines. Saints.
Folds of female flesh.
Waterlogged books, swollen pages spreading.
Scallops.  Clams.
Seawater.  Ski masks.
Hatchets.  Tea leaves
in the shape of an anchor.
Long-legged blondes.
Window blinds.
Vikings. Mustaches.
Gold hoop earrings.
Plaid checks.  Chocolate chip cookies.
Sunsets like pink daisies.
Mannequins with chipped lips.
The torso of a woman.
A marble quarry filled with rainwater.
The torso of a woman. My mother.
Black fingerprints.
The torso of a woman.
The rhinestone glasses she wore in college.
The Venus de Milo. Cumulus clouds.
My Venus. My torso.
The torso of a woman.

Location: New York, NY Occupation: Psychiatric social worker Email: bronzelizard@cs.com Website: http://www.geocities.com/thefatladysinging/ Publications: New York Metropolis, Poetry Midwest, Diagram, Babes in Toyland Salon, Cleansheets, Kansas Little Literary Review, 3am Magazine, Eclectica, Small Spiral Notebook, Diagram, Poetry Midwest, Sniffy, etc. Awards: Selected to represent Reed College at the Sarah Lawrence Intercollegiate Poetry reading Editor of: Wide Angle Other: MA in Creative Writing, Taught creative writing workshops at SUNY-Binghamton, Ran workshops in New York City, Currently part of two reading series in NYC: Thesauraus Head and Speakeasy, On the literary steering committee of the Women's Studio Center in NYC, Writes a column on contemporary art from a feminist perspective on singlesfaq.com

- April 2002 - For C.C. and Mr. Shaman Midnight at the Hot Springs A Rebeginning Things that are Left at K-mart, According my Dream on Wednesday Little Shadows Anonymity Domestic Leaving the dining room Coup The New Gynecologist Dreaming of Grandma Anastasia Gathering vodka. - Stirring's Best Nature Poems - Rodin's Stare Attrition Hither and Yon Grace at the Top of the Food Chain Dear Alaska fraser river, december