tag:www.inknode.com,2005:/people/matthewnienowInk Node: Matthew NienowWork by Matthew Nienow2010-07-28T16:15:24-07:00tag:www.inknode.com,2005:Piece/6012010-07-28T16:15:24-07:002010-09-09T07:25:27-07:00Rubbing My Mother’s Bald HeadMore like a pear than stone, still soft <br /> and with the bruises of age, the smooth skin speckled <br /> with liver spots, like rainbow trout rolling<br /> at the surface of some mountain creek, a sage <br /> scarf cupping her head, marking <br /> contours we...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inknode.com/piece/601-matthew-nienow-rubbing-my-mother%E2%80%99s-bald-head"><b>Read More >></b></a><br /><br /> Matthew Nienowtag:www.inknode.com,2005:Piece/5862010-07-20T19:07:42-07:002010-09-09T17:27:24-07:00FableThe sun was a peach<br /> held out over snow, the snow <br /> winking at the birds, at the boy <br /> walking with his eyes at the ground, <br /> crunching through the crust,<br /> so focused on nothing<br /> that nothing would have surprised him<br /> more...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inknode.com/piece/586-matthew-nienow-fable"><b>Read More >></b></a><br /><br /> Matthew Nienowtag:www.inknode.com,2005:Piece/5592010-07-01T13:10:05-07:002010-09-08T15:45:54-07:00Elegy With A Rope In It You survived all those little jumps, <br /> testing gravity from a rooftop’s height, <br /> feet swinging out, trench coat wings <br /> flapping. How you got on all those roofs, <br /> we’ll always wonder. <br /> <br /> <em>Gabriel Dante Cabasco Cebrian</em>— <br /> Your name is...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inknode.com/piece/559-matthew-nienow-elegy-with-a-rope-in-it"><b>Read More >></b></a><br /><br /> Matthew Nienowtag:www.inknode.com,2005:Piece/5412010-06-09T08:56:11-07:002010-09-04T00:43:38-07:00Allergy SongCome and I will clear your throat of lilacs,<br /> tease loose the knots of a blossom’s work,<br /> I’ll make a tonic stronger than the pollen<br /> that put you here, propped up at the edge<br /> of the bed, a nectarine shirt tossed over<br /> the lampshade making...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inknode.com/piece/541-matthew-nienow-allergy-song"><b>Read More >></b></a><br /><br /> Matthew Nienowtag:www.inknode.com,2005:Piece/4552010-02-23T18:31:15-08:002010-09-09T21:06:16-07:00LupaOur mother was a wolf she was <br /> drinking from the river the water<br /> flowing into her as if she were <br /> ocean her eyes up from the silver<br /> always watching ears tipped back<br /> <br /> which was how she found us<br /> caught by...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inknode.com/piece/455-matthew-nienow-lupa"><b>Read More >></b></a><br /><br /> Matthew Nienow