Verdad Magazine Volume 4
Spring 2008, Volume 4
Poetry by Diana Raab
Snap it
Let me snap
your thoughts
nestled in fantasies of me
or in a distant world
where you hold another woman
making you feel warm and masculine.
Let me snag your spirit
and embrace it close
as you float through the clouds
on your bike or fancy racing car.
You must feel me staring at you
as I pray on my knees, that you never
leave my life without waving a good-bye.
BIO: Diana Raab teaches writing at UCLA Writers Program,the University of California,Santa Barbara Extension and the Santa Barbara Writers Conference. Her award-winning poetry and essays have appeared in numerous publications including The Writer, Rosebud, Palo Alto Review and Red River Review. She has a poetry collection, My Muse Undresses Me (2007) and a memoir, Regina's Closet: Finding My Grandmother's Secret Journal (2007). Her poetry collection, Dear Anais: My Life in Poems for You is forthcoming with Plain View Press in 2008. For more information, visit her website: http://www.dianaraab.com.