Love
the surprise of where
and when
A brief flash
sometimes
If you’re lucky, a near galaxy
of a summer evening
Then after first frost
darkness before dinner
cabbage, pork, and potatoes
To remember
pick up a book, strike a match
—Margaret Rozga, Milwaukee, WI
Margaret Rozga is a lifelong resident of Wisconsin. Her book Two Hundred Nights and One Day features poems about the 1967-68 open housing marches in Milwaukee and was named an outstanding achievement in poetry for 2009 by the Wisconsin Library Association. Rozga blogs at http://www.benupress.com/for-words/.