ANNE M. HUDSON
Ascending
She carefully steps out of her pod
as she ascends the steps
to this new hyper-reality
this luminous moment
emanating life
forever.
Carefully unwrapping
the mummifying layer
upon layer
of disguises,
letting them drip off
and fall,
scarf-like
languidly
petal-like
leaf-like,
Venus ungarbed ascending
her airy stairway.
How she expands
as she ascends
her lungs newly filled
with the outside air
diaphanous
and lovely.
Muffled passion
pent-up dreams
now at ease
in a new light.
She participates in poetry readings in the Boston area and has placed second in a poetry contest sponsored by Ploughshares and the Boston Phoenix. Her poetry has been published in Wavelength and featured on the cover of BiWomen. In June 2000 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Artists Behind the Desk Committee sponsored her talk and poetry reading entitled, "Images of Self Emerging."
In 2001, she launched Facets: A Literary Magazine (http://www.facets-magazine.com).
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