Poet of the MonthJoanna ValenteNovember 03, 2020Janelle Cordero, poetry, poet of the month

Janelle Cordero: November 2020 Poet of the Month

Poet of the MonthJoanna ValenteNovember 03, 2020Janelle Cordero, poetry, poet of the month

remind me

remind me what spring feels like remind me / of how the ground thaws and the
hiking trails turn / muddy with snowmelt remind me of the / buttercups and
the glacier lilies that grow / in sunny spots on the hills and remind me / of
how the tree branches bud and leaves / unfurl remind me of how
the sun sets later and later in / the evenings and how the
mornings are still / brilliant with frost remind me of
how nothing lasts not / the flowers or the cold
mornings not / our bodies or our memories /
remind me that it is better not to
live forever /

Janelle Cordero is an interdisciplinary artist and educator living in the seventh most hipster city in the U.S. Her writing has been published in dozens of literary journals, including Harpur Palate and The Louisville Review, while her paintings have been featured in venues throughout the Pacific Northwest. Janelle's most recent poetry and art collection, Woke to Birds, was published in October of 2019 through Vegetarian Alcoholic Press. Her debut poetry collection, Two Cups of Tomatoes, was published in 2015, and her chapbook with Black Sand Press was published in April 2018. Janelle published an additional chapbook of poems and paintings with Bottle Cap Press in 2019. Stay connected with Janelle's work at www.janellecordero.com.

Joanna Valente