Susan Howard is a poet and playwright living in a small town north of Auckland. Her poetry reflects her macro and micro observations of the world about her. She has been published in New Zealand and overseas.

Susan Howard

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Tears

That lurk like
assassins in the black room

threaten to breach
the membrane of ordinary.

How will
I dump them?
Swim

out to sea,
let them make friends
with the waves.

Bottle them
for the next funeral.

They are no use for
anything else.