Woman, Circle, Poem

Late May greetings!

I’ve just had two poems published in a lovely new online magazine, “Soul Poetry, Prose and Art”.    Here’s the link if you’d like to check out the magazine.  It’s filled with beautiful images and some really nice writing.  I’ll post one of my poems below.

Soul Poetry, Prose and Art Magazine, Spring 2025

Aureole
In Memory of Byron Frohman

“The essential shape of a woman
is a circle.”

A black-haired man
with brilliant blue eyes
once wrote those words
to me, in a poem.

That was 44 years ago.
I lost that frayed white paper
along the way,

and now the poet is dead.
All that remains
is my memory
of those precious opening lines.

Woman as circle.
I suppose I’d fly
halos around the earth,
eyes cast down to scan
each continent
and their wreaths of islands

paranormal vision
honing in on female souls
by the millions,
working and sleeping,
getting born and dying,

arms circling to embrace
all she loves,
some she doesn’t,
didn’t, and never will.

Wisdom handed down
one round goddess
to the next.

We are like strings of pearls,
our timeless lustre
reflecting each other.

Our shared commitment to the living
forms the thread
that keeps us close,
and gleaming,
and whole.

–Melinda Coppola

Photo by Vadim Yefremov on Unsplash