Scafell Pike, and: Lascivion
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Scafell Pike
Of seven or eight hikersthere's always one with an empty knapsackwho toils up the beck'srocky slope,her eyes on the toes of her boots.
Of seven or eight hikersthere's always one with an empty knapsackwho fiercely considers each new step,hates herselfwhen she slips.
Of seven or eight hikersthere's always one with an empty knapsackwho cannot name what she carriesbut sits down halfwayand weeps with the weight. [End Page 56]
Lascivion
Leaning on a rail overlookingthe sea, you think to commit crimesin my hair. And will. And the law?Leave that to judges and dry readers.Here everything flows-froth to shore, the stranded kelpthat stays wet for days, the steamthat will not stop rising. [End Page 57]
Lola Haskins’ most recent poetry collection is Desire Lines, New and Selected Poems (BOA, 2004). Two prose books appeared in 2007: a poetry advice book (Not Feathers Yet: A Beginner’s Guide to the Poetic Life from Backwaters Press), and a book of fables about women, with images by Maggie Taylor (Solutions Beginning with A from Modernbook). Her commentaries are regularly broadcast on NPR.
