Maryann Corbett
Pea Planting, Good Friday
Air cold, and ground still stiff
as if
opened against its will,
he still
planted, with chilly care.
Were there
good reasons every year
for early setting-out?
His habits trump her doubt
as if he still were there.
Thoughts on the Transmission History of The Frog King
Frog turned to prince?
Love conquered all?
There’s evidence
the original
was a bit more grim.
More credible, too.
He changed when she threw
him against the wall.
Maryann Corbett’s poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Atlanta Review, The Evansville Review, Measure, The Dark Horse, and other journals in print and online, and her work has been nominated for the Pushcart and Best of the Net anthologies. Her chapbook Gardening in a Time of War was published in 2007 by Pudding House. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, and works as a legal-writing adviser, editor, and indexer for the Minnesota Legislature.
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