Sleet Seasonal Supplement — Summer 2011
The dead whom I called forth in poems
stayed the night and show no signs of leaving.
I cancel appointments to spend the time with them
before they thin and slip the bonds of earth.
"Homecoming" was published by Commonweal, 11/19/10.
Norita Dittberner-Jax has been writing poetry for 30 years. Her collections include What They Always Were (New Rivers Press), The Watch (Whistling Shade Press), and Longing For Home (Pudding House Press). She lives in Saint Paul and is currently an MFA student at Hamline University.