Renée M. Schell: Poems
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At the Aquarium

The orange sea star rests
on the docent’s underwater hand.
“A sea star can regenerate lost arms.
This is useful if it’s threatened
by an enemy.”

Tentative, a young boy strokes it
with two fingers.

“It can drop an arm, get away
and grow a new arm.
Many marine creatures—”

“My dad is in the marines,”
the boy interrupts.
​
I walk outside,
embed my feet in safe sand,
scan the horizon for dolphins.

First published in Crab Creek Review 2016
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  • Home
  • Selected Publications
  • Sample Poems
    • Judo Demonstration
    • Sestina for César Chávez
    • Still Life with Phone Call
    • Beethoven in the Desert
    • To A House Maid with Perfect Pitch: 1802
    • Cave Painting
    • Insomnia
    • At the Aquarium
  • Samplings
  • Invited Readings
  • About
  • Contact