In Poetry: Death Does Not Compare
by Diane Vreuls
Diane Vreuls has published a novel, a collection of short stories, a children's book, a poetry chapbook, and a song-cycle libretto, as well as work in such magazines as Commonweal, Christianity and Literature, Spiritus, and The New Yorker. Retired from teaching creative writing at Oberlin College, she serves as a chaplain to the hospitalized and homebound.
Death Does Not Compare
The
single
bird
in the
air
shot
down
leaves
still
its space
of song.
Diane Vreuls has published a novel, a collection of short stories, a children's book, a poetry chapbook, and a song-cycle libretto, as well as work in such magazines as Commonweal, Christianity and Literature, Spiritus, and The New Yorker. Retired from teaching creative writing at Oberlin College, she serves as a chaplain to the hospitalized and homebound.
Death Does Not Compare
The
single
bird
in the
air
shot
down
leaves
still
its space
of song.