Mimi Eagan Fayetteville, New York

Mimi received her B.A. at Georgian Court College. The arts are her passion, work and hobby. She has been published by the National Library of Poetry and she is a Distinguished Member of the International Society of Poets. Mimi has been awarded the Editor's Choice for Poetry in 1994, Poet of Merit in 1995, and she was included in the Best Poets of 1996 Anthology, published by the National Library of Poetry. Her book Bittersweet was published in 1995. "I am honored to be elected to the International Society of Poets' Hall of Fame. I hope to reach women from all countries who have suffered from war, death, and divorce."

Blow Out My heart is a spare tire stuck in snow deep tread marks show the skid on glassy cinders and blue frayed cloth frozen earth is tossed up from the spinning leaving scars on underbrush and patches of ashes fill my mouth rocking to and fro to a strange rhythm rocking to and fro as a child's cradle would but the wrong tune alone abandoned on black ice my eyes search for you in a sweeter time the village tow truck won't be needed

"Requiem" for Dorothy 1995 I let you go before we talked it through I didn't know your time had run out leaving me to live with the uncomplicated unspoken truth now turned empty you had tried to make things "right" between us (so like you) yet I let the phone ring and ring again

Wars, Lies and Videotapes Did you watch the parade hear the crowd cheering the proud marching band with drums rolling ratta tat tat ratta tat tat Did you see medals blazing upon military breasts flags waving in clean crisp air with drums rolling ratta tat tat ratta tat tat Did you catch soldiers strutting past military's might guns at the ready eyes right with drums rolling ratta tat tat ratta tat tat Did you tune in the news showing shocking shots to burn in your brain dazed babies stumbling over their own dead mommies flies hanging from sightless eyes staring at death wandering naked with drums rolling ratta tat tat ratta tat tat

All poems Copyright © 1996 Mimi Eagan. All rights reserved.