Because they crowd the corner of every city street, because they are the color of…
Poetry
Dust
by Danusha Laméris
It covers everything, fine powder, the earth’s gold breath falling softly on the dark wood…
Poetry
Small Kindnesses
by Danusha Laméris
I’ve been thinking about the way, when you walk down a crowded aisle, people pull…
Poetry
Improvement
by Danusha Laméris
The optometrist says my eyesare getting better each year.Soon he’ll have to lower my prescription.What’s…
Danusha Laméris
About the author
Danusha Laméris is a poet, teacher, and essayist. She is the author of The Moons of August, which was chosen by Naomi Shihab Nye as the winner of the Autumn House Press poetry prize and was a finalist for the Milt Kessler Book Award, and Bonfire Opera, a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize, and winner of the Northern California Book Award in Poetry. The 2020 recipient of the Lucille Clifton Legacy Award, she is a Poet Laureate emeritus of Santa Cruz County, California, and co-leads the Poetry of Resilience webinars and the HearthFire Writing Community with James Crews. She is on the faculty of Pacific University's low-residency MFA program.
