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Noon Concert
These frail, white widows
who get their hair done weekly
in tight curls,
like little flowers,
bend their heads
until the applause
says it’s time
to be brave again.
Source: Poetry (March 2010).
Biography
Dorothea Grossman’s 2003 CD, Call And Response (pfMentum) features the poet in live performance with improvising trombonist Michael Vlatkovich.
Poems by Dorothea Grossman
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Social Commentaries, Gender & Sexuality, Class
Poetic Terms Free Verse
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