The Sunday Poet: Zvi Sesling

Poet Zvi Sesling

Zvi A. Sesling, Poet Laureate of Brookline, MA is a prize winning poet. He edits Muddy River Poetry Review, publishes Muddy River Books and reviews for Boston Small Press and Poetry Scene. He is author of Fire Tongue (Cervena Barva Press, 2016) and King of the Jungle (Ibbetson Street Press, 2010), and two chapbooks Love Poems From Hell (Flutter Press, 2017) and Across Stones of Bad Dreams (Cervena Barva Press, 2011). He lives in Brookline with his wife Susan J. Dechter.






Manipulation

Raindrops on the window

tears from her eyes

serious conversation

they hold hands

smile

then serious again

then she cries

raindrops plink on

the window

she wipes her tears

whatever he is saying

her emotions respond

smile

tears

smile

tears

which of them is

being manipulated