BERKS BARDS WILL WELCOME THE AMAZING JANE EDNA MOHLER TO OUR UPCOMING FIRST THURSDAY AT GOGGLEWORKS! Please join us on Sept. 4 at 6 p.m. to hear Jane read from her latest book! And afterwards, bring a poem to the Open Mic. Bring a friend, and get ready for a great evening!
Jane Edna Mohler is the 2020 Bucks County Poet Laureate, winner of the 2016 Main Street Voices. She was nominated multiple times for a Pushcart Prize and once for Best of the Net. Recent publications include Gargoyle, One Art, and Verse Virtual. Her collections, Broken Umbrellas (2019) and Autumn Clears (2025) are both from Kelsay Books. She is Poetry Editor of the Schuylkill Valley Journal. www.janeednamohler.com
Feast
I love the fat of summer, flabby
green weeks when weeds lap
over the vague rims of back
roads, just as batter overtakes
a griddle. Poplar leaves wave
wide as cows’ tongues slurping
syrup-thick air. Here, summer spits
when it talks, gulps cold milk
and wipes a hand across its mouth.
I want to stuff myself full
with warm fields, hills tender
and round as yeast rolls bathed
in butter. Oh to scoop the ooze
of June’s soft eggs, consume
this season, lick its juices, chew
those salty bacon days,
until autumn clears
my plate.
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