Rose Mary Boehm is a German-born British national living and writing in Lima, Peru, and author of two novels as well as eight poetry collections. Her poetry has been published (and rejected) widely in mostly US poetry reviews (online and print). She was several times nominated for a 'Pushcart' and 'Best of Net'. Her eighth book, LIFE STUFF, has been published by Kelsay Books (November 2023). A new chapbook is about to be published. https://www.rose-mary-boehm-poet.com/

Rose Mary Boehm

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A Closing

On the other side of you
there is a no place,

where silences build
bridges across hidden waters,

where Pirandello's actors
are searching for a stage,
lost for a script.

Concrete begets concrete,
and the heart can no longer
accommodate love, or perhaps

it just dies,
gently,
of negligence.