"The Pirate Anne Bonny Advises Jane Eyre" by Dorsey Craft

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April 24, 2019

THE PIRATE ANNE BONNY ADVISES
JANE EYRE

DORSEY CRAFT

Jane, watch me close this time, the scarlet
folds of this cape, how the drapes velvet
a man, crush his musk to dandelions
and black his lashes to strings of silk.
And I can wide your eyes to the rough
reverse, leather holsters and sun-bleached boots
that coarse my hair to a tangle of red,
a thick of fish a man might grow
and almost the shadow of a beard
along my neck. Jane, it is not so intricate
as your sketches. Changing your dress is easier
than striking your darkest dreams down in coal.
And while we’re talking, I can teach you
the trick of your attic twin, how a cutlass paints
with skin and red ink, how to hang a scalp
as lightly as you daub the meager perfume
on your lily neck. Before you fall asleep
in that culvert, sweat of fever a-growing
beneath your bonnet, remember
that you’ve never swallowed coral or prayed
to the songs of whales and young Adele
seems sharp enough to me, whatever jabs
he throws her way, I’d love to see her swing
a dagger across his brow as swift as a step
in a reel. Let’s all to sea—you, the twin, the girl
and me—and build a blue-walled manor house
with chandeliers of gold and aristocratic bone.

from THRUSH POETRY JOURNAL

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I took an introductory poetry writing class in my sophomore year of college because my schedule allowed it; I had mostly downed novels up until then. We were not assigned this Dickinson poem in class, and I can’t remember exactly how I came upon it. I was familiar with many of her famous poems, but something about this one made me feel both wonderfully repaired (from what? why?) and restive.

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PATRICIA CLEARY MILLER AWARD
Deadline May 20, 2019. New Letters invites submissions to the Patricia Cleary Miller Award for Poetry. Winners receive $2,500 + publication. For guidelines, visit New Letters or send an S.A.S.E. to New Letters, 5101 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110.

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