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***<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019ve learned deceptiveness since he moved in: <\/strong><\/p>\n How to distract him from a brutal rage or try<\/strong><\/p>\n To trick his jealous need for all of my<\/strong><\/p>\n Attention \u2014 yet defend him when I grin<\/strong><\/p>\n Contentedly for loved-ones who suspect<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0His secret violence; to take the blame<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0For something that I\u2019ve done or some neglect<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0That sets him off, and hide the sticky shame<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0I feel for letting him destroy my life.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0And while it never stops confounding me<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0To realize that it\u2019s true I am his wife,<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0There\u2019s one thing that I face with honesty:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0Because it was by illness we were wed,<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0This demon, Pain, will always share my bed.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0***<\/strong><\/p>\n Becca Menon (1958\u2015 ) of New York City writes formal, often narrative poetry that makes use of both received and nonce forms. Her verse novel A Girl and Her Gods (2008) led poet Katha Pollitt to declare \u201cNo poet I know of writes anything like this \u2015 Becca dances to a tune of her own Panpipes, and the reader follows, entranced,\u201d while Herb Leibowitz, Editor of Parnassus, wrote that her \u201clanguage is supple and nuanced {and} her sleight-of-hand as a story-teller keeps the reader from worry about what technical devices she uses;…\u201d Poet Mark Rudman, editor of Pequod, noted that her poetry is \u201cplayful, philosophical, and subversive.\u201d Also a translator and prize-winning author of nonsense, Becca has works appearing in numerous print and on-line journals, both nationally and internationally. To learn more, please visit BeccaBooks.com<\/strong><\/p>\n ***<\/strong><\/p>\n This sonnet is pre-published with the permission of the Editor-in-chief from:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0Richard Vallance, editor-in-chief. The Phoenix Rising from the Ashes: Anthology of sonnets of the early third millennium = Le Ph\u00e9nix renaissant de ses cendres : Anthologie de sonnets au d\u00e9but du troisi\u00e8me mill\u00e9naire. Friesen Presse, Victoria, B.C., Canada. \u00a9 2013. approx. 240 pp. ISBN Hardcover: 978-1-4602-1700-9 Price: $28.00 Paperback: 978-1-4602-1701-6 Price: $18.00 e-Book: 978-1-4602-1702-3 Price: TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n 300 sonnets & ghazals in English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese & Persian.<\/strong><\/p>\n 30 sonnets in this anthology are to be pre-published by our permission in Poetry Life & Times (UK) which has exclusive sole rights prior to the publication of the anthology itself. <\/strong><\/p>\n Readers may also contact Richard Vallance, Editor-in-Chief, at: vallance22@gmx.com for further information. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/pre>\n
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