“The Tattooed Woman” by Richard Robbins

Richard Robbins

THE TATTOOED WOMAN

guides our small boat past Roman
quarries, past naked swimmers

to a green inlet where once
pirates moored, where Ulysses

grew lost in his love of song,
the rough cliff sounding back

something like his wife’s lost name.

from Rattle #37, Summer 2012

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