Loss, Loose, Lose
Leave a commentNovember 28, 2025 by The Citron Review
by Dorothy Wall
how a single s or o
can move a shattering loss
to loose change
or your glasses when
you have to search,
lose my glasses, lose
my lover, lose
letters and no concern
for what has tumbled
loose, how a world
shrinks when the o
flies off, attaches
to a single, startled
mouth
Dorothy Wall is author of an essay collection and two books of poetry, most recently Catalogue of Surprises (Blue Light Press, 2023). A Best of the Net nominee, her poems and essays have appeared in Witness, Prairie Schooner, Bellevue Literary Review, Nimrod, Cimarron Review and others. She has taught creative writing at S.F. State University and U.C. Berkeley Extension. More at dorothywall.com.
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