J. Dee Cochran is an assistant editor at Identity Theory. Her work appears in Calyx, Confrontation, Conduit, Third Wednesday, Vermont Literary Review, Connecticut River Review, glassbook, Laurel Review, English Journal, and others.
Winter 2012
Table of Contents - Vol. VIII, No. 4
Poetry Translations Fiction Non-fiction Reviews
J. Dee Cochran
Have you ever seen
a young one slightly
reclined as if
to spread her
heavenly fragrance
like a brilliant
rumor kept between
competitive friends?
All morning,
they tease rain
water onto the soft
slide of petal, rinsing
what pungent secrets
have gathered
against the fold.
© J. Dee Cochran
