Madeleine Fuchs Holzer

In the Taxi

The man
places a box
of blueberries
on the seat
between them. 
He looks at her,
gives a small smile.
His right hand,
bent at the wrist,
rises as if pulled by a string.
Fingers separate,
stretch up and out,
float downward,
pluck a berry, rise,
glide to his lips.
Almost imperceptibly
he swallows.

Madeleine Fuchs Holzer

Madeleine Fuchs Holzer is the Educator-in-Residence at the Academy of American Poets, where she curated Teach this Poem, and advises on educational issues. For over twelve years, she served as Educational Development Director and Program Development Director at Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education. Her poetry and essays have been published in Education Week, Black Fly Review, Footwork: Paterson Literary Review and Pearl, among others.  She was a Fellow at the MacDowell Colony