D. DINA FRIEDMAN

WINTER ISSUE #11 POET

D. Dina Friedman’s newest books are the poetry collection Here in Sanctuary—Whirling (Querencia Press) and the short-story collection Immigrants (Creators Press), which was first runner up in the short-story category for the Eric Hoffer Award. Her previous books include two YA novels, Escaping Into the Night (Simon and Schuster) and Playing Dad’s Song (Farrar Straus Giroux) and one book of poetry Wolf in the Suitcase (Finishing Line Press). Friedman has published in over a hundred literary journals including Rattle, Salamander, The Sun, Mass Poetry, Crab Orchard Review, Cider Press Review, Lilith, and Rhino and received four Pushcart Prize nominations. Learn more at www.ddinafriedman.com.

FROST

Sometimes 

we need 

to stall. Stop,

curl deeper,

sweep away stimulation,

the world’s doings.

Frost, our shared blanket 

until morning melts 

our malaise.

A slim pocket 

of sun appears 

like a bright fly 

on a fish hook.

We lurch for it,

gasping.