michael keshigian

In The Shower

She is a tree,
a rootless red maple,
twirling and deflecting drops
amid rising clouds
that exacerbate
her pinkish glow
continually blushing
as the warm, soothing stream
strikes her skin,
there is foam
where her auburn mane
straddles the slender taper
of her neck
just above the branch
she arcs to trim
and become more youthful.
Polished, she departs
the porcelain hole,
her ballet arm
stretches for a towel
as her foot pirouettes
beyond the sliding glass door
stained by
escaping puffs of vapor
highlighted by the heating lamp
that announces her conquest,
if only temporarily,
over the eager insistence
of life’s desecration.


Michael Keshigian’s poetry collection, Eagle’s Perch, was recently released by Bellowing Ark Press. Other published books: Wildflowers, Jazz Face, Warm Summer Memories, Silent Poems, Seeking Solace, Dwindling Knight, Translucent View. Published in numerous national and international journals, he has 3 Pushcart Prize and 2 Best Of The Net nominations. http://www.michaelkeshigian.com