← v10n1, Spring 2011
Poetry · Volume 10, Number 1

At Hald Hovedgaard Estate-1885

Queens in the mound

are covered in moss; kings

sleep only in bronze, and gold.

So it is discovered when the mound

is dug up, using shovels and picks

and the flash of yellow sepia.

In the photograph the swimmers

watch in bloomers and high-fitting trunks,

drinking wine from flutes and talking.

her hair fans out into a brown corona.