"Vision of Beauty" by Marta Gottfried

intricate braids,
helical coiled weavings;
a canticle, a poem, plaited
in hair

Bio: Kelley White is and has been a pediatrician in inner city Philadelphia for more than 20 years. She is the grateful mother of 3 amazing children (12, 15 & 18,) a Quaker and seeker after Buddha nature and has published about 850 poems since going public as a poet in late 1999. These include a collection of medical poems THE PATIENT PRESENTS, a chapbook, "I am going to walk toward the sanctuary" and a Zebook, AT THE MONKEY-FEAST TABLE.

Contact Kelley at kelleywhitemd@yahoo.com