New Poetry by Michele Seminara

All Dried Up

I

an old lady

waiting in this parched bed

for something to happen

which cannot happen.

I

an old lady

with an impatient

unsated belly

that will not rain.

I

an old lady

whose slow mind spreads out

so far her eye has

lost sight.

I

the one

who age must not tame -

May my drying up cause this spark to flame!

- Michele Seminara 2013

Michele Seminara lives in Sydney, Australia, with her husband and three children. She studied English and Australian literature at Sydney University, but then went on to train and work as a yoga and meditation teacher, with a passion for Buddhism. Although not new to writing, she is very new to poetry. She blogs at http://micheleseminara.wordpress.com/.