Ann Pedone
from Joan: An English Poem in Exactly Twenty-Three Rondeaux
First Rondeau: Out Of Much Hysteria/From Whence I Pass
Joan conspicuous Joan is grammar
Conspicuous or
So slender the way Joan a saint no
Saint is private but faulty
Architecture saint
Remembering all the
Beautiful weathers from which
Out of
Which she might
One day learn to float. Mirrored
Noun. Antoine Meillet
Middle French
I am sensate for it
Ann Pedone
Ann Pedone is the author of three books of poetry including, most recently, The Best Kind of Love (If a Leaf Falls Press.) Her poetry, reviews, and creative non-fiction have been published widely. She is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of antiphony: a journal & press.