Poet of the Month, Me Too SeriesJoanna ValenteOctober 05, 2020Susie Hammond, poetry, poet of the month, me too

Susie Hammond: October 2020 Poet of the Month

Poet of the Month, Me Too SeriesJoanna ValenteOctober 05, 2020Susie Hammond, poetry, poet of the month, me too

Persephone’s Pomegranate

In Hades’ hand, the blade’s teeth grip
the leathered skin, slice
the sphere in half.

His palms invert the flesh, split
pith, crack
sponge walls.

His fingers prise the glistening garnets, pluck
them from their cribs, hold
the fateful seeds.

Susie Hammond is an emerging Seattle-based Canadian poet, and University of Saskatchewan MFA in Writing candidate. She is the 2019-2020 Edney Masters Scholar for International Understanding Through the Humanities and Fine Arts, with residencies from The Banff Centre, Catalonia’s Faber, and France’s Musée National de Préhistoire. She’s an editor, youth mentor, and Community of Writers poetry alum. www.susiehammond.com

Joanna Valente