Rikki Santer<\/strong><\/p> \/\/\/ The Heft of Wonder Rikki Santer How the blind boy in the gallery tastes arm- in-arm every painting through her words. Elementary school angels with flat halos and cardboard wings. Nicotine\u2019s momentary pardon from crisis. The hopeful pageantry of a going-out-of-business sale. America\u2019s Got Talent, that lamb of a girl who jettisons into a rock … <\/p>\n
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How the blind boy in
\nthe gallery tastes arm-\n
\nin-arm every painting
\nthrough her words.\n
\nElementary school angels
\nwith flat halos and cardboard\n
\nwings. Nicotine\u2019s momentary
\npardon from crisis. The hopeful\n
\npageantry of a going-out-of-business
\nsale. America\u2019s Got Talent<\/em>, that lamb\n
\nof a girl who jettisons into a rock
\n& roll lion her boot tassels chiming.\n
\nHow amber can time-travel
\na prehistoric frog. The typeface\n
\nand font size of a snake\u2019s rattle.
\nA congregation of air bubbles\n
\nto corral krill for a hungry
\nteam of humpback whales.\n
\nHow flutterings italicize the fledgling
\non a steady branch. The throat\n
\nof a vagina that pines for love
\nand punchlines that can be trusted\n
\nlike the measured weight
\nof a mother grizzly\u2019s paw.
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Rikki Santer’s poetry has appeared in numerous publications including Ms. Magazine<\/em>, Poetry East<\/em>, Margie<\/em>, The Journal of American Poetry<\/a><\/em>, Hotel Amerika<\/em>, Crab Orchard Review<\/em>, Grimm<\/em>, Slipstream<\/em>, and The Main Street Rag<\/em>. Her work was received many honors including four Pushcart and three Ohioana book award nominations as well as a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her seventh collection, In Pearl Broth<\/a><\/em>, was published this spring by Stubborn Mule Press. www.rikkisanter.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/oxmag\/files\/2020\/06\/42tan.png\")
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