Marly Youmans writes in a number of forms, small and large. She writes poems. She once was mad enough to write an epic poem (forthcoming). She writes novels, though people say (sometimes disapprovingl
1.
As Far as East from West
Sparse
Sprinkle:
Bloom.
Moonlight
Alighting
On branch,
Butterflies
Wobbling on breeze,
Stemmed to bark.
All careless ease,
The windless siftings,
Petals in grass.
The first unfurlings