Embarking

by Marcia Mitrowski


They write about distant homes
and the green of their country,
trees, mountains, vegetables
singing out in the fields, fruit
that falls from branches
dancing during the night.
They miss their neighbors
full of fiesta and noise
whose music repairs hips
and they gyrate gracefully
filled with remembrance,
flat bread flipped in open air,
crusty edges dropping crumbs
for birds who collect dreams
and scatter hope in a new land.


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Marcia Mitrowski lives in Western New York but teaches refugees and immigrants from five continents. Her poetry is inspired by nature, music, and amazing people learning English. She has been a docent at the Buffalo AKG Museum as well as a young adult and reference librarian.