Miriam N. Kotzin
Miriam N. Kotzin teaches Literature and Creative Writing at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. Her poems have appeared in print in, among others Boulevard, Mid-American Review, Southern Humanities Review and Iron Horse Literary Review. Online her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Small Spiral Notebook, Three Candles, Word Riot, For Poetry, and Xaxx. 
Articles by this Author
VIRTUAL SIEGE
- By Miriam N. Kotzin
- Published 07/16/2004
- MaverickMagazine 10
- Unrated
We've come to know the foreign war is far
from distant now. Dunes and palms are scenery
no more. In fact, the war is where we are.
The action's live, in time that's real. We're free
to turn it off or on, to turn away
from convoys, tanks, humvees, artillery.
from distant now. Dunes and palms are scenery
no more. In fact, the war is where we are.
The action's live, in time that's real. We're free
to turn it off or on, to turn away
from convoys, tanks, humvees, artillery.
TEA
- By Miriam N. Kotzin
- Published 07/16/2004
- MaverickMagazine 10
- Unrated
As she walked I heard a sigh
of silk. Her high heeled sandals
clicked across the floor. And then
she stopped, and when she turned she
of silk. Her high heeled sandals
clicked across the floor. And then
she stopped, and when she turned she
TAKING STOCK
- By Miriam N. Kotzin
- Published 07/16/2004
- MaverickMagazine 10
- Unrated
When I have fears
that I may cease to be
in Lord and Taylor's basement,
not by bare bodkin
but by knife of stainless
steel and natural wood handle,
I take stock, stroking the blade,
that I may cease to be
in Lord and Taylor's basement,
not by bare bodkin
but by knife of stainless
steel and natural wood handle,
I take stock, stroking the blade,
BORDER PATROL
- By Miriam N. Kotzin
- Published 07/16/2004
- MaverickMagazine 10
- Unrated
Through closed eyes
I recognize the dark
achtung! achtung!
my pulse ticks off
by heart its own
nocturnal catalog
I recognize the dark
achtung! achtung!
my pulse ticks off
by heart its own
nocturnal catalog
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