POETRY O, ancient / wonder, rose of unsullied joy, I sing / to the majesty of your sun-loved face / —your color so pure, petal fine as wing, / leaf’s thin veins a natural puzzle of lace.
Poem in Which I Am Too Political to Read at Your School
Ashley M. Jones
Ashley M. Jones is the author of Magic City Gospel and dark / / thing. Her essays and poetry appear or are forthcoming at CNN, Oxford American, Tupelo Quarterly and others. She is the founding director of the Magic City Poetry Festival, and she teaches at the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham, Alabama.
