Kelley Jean White
Proverbs
The plowman's hands are black with earth but his
bones are white
Where the fish is
the bird will build
He who cannot build the dyke
should give up his land
If you want to eat frogs
don't play with snakes
God made low branches for birds
that don't fly so well
In my village the snow falls only tomorrow
Bio
Pediatrician Kelley White worked in inner city Philadelphia and now works in rural New Hampshire. Her poems have appeared in journals including Exquisite Corpse, Rattle and JAMA. Her most recent books are TOXIC ENVIRONMENT (Boston Poet Press) and TWO BIRDS IN FLAME (Beech River Books). She received a 2008 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grant.