POET

Veloma (Good-bye)
By M. E. Wood

The
sun made
love
with the
Indian
Ocean
my
last day
on the coast,
Madagascar.
I shadow
danced in
the
glow and
shed goodbye
tears for
my
new found
love.

*published in Sol Magazine / June 2003
Honorable Mention (2003 Poet Laureate)

COMMENTS: Maureen Wood's eclectic style reveals the wealth of resources a world traveler can weave into her work. This talented poet has much to offer. Her penchant for unique words, as well as for asking the unanswerable and often trying to answer her own questions, brings a air of ever questing to her writing. Her poetry is acutely sensitive, no-holds-barred, to the point, and she helps us feel at home in the worlds she creates. A careful observer who makes use of internal rhyme and metaphorical images, Maureen does an excellent job of rendering this well-structured work.