Interrobang by Donna Hilbert

Interrobang

I love the word.
Not in the way I love blossom,
which contains both bosom and bloom
signifying beauty, nourishment,
and pleasure within.

Interrobang, with just two marks,
shouts What The F without ever
spelling anything out.

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Donna Hilbert’s latest book is Enormous Blue Umbrella from Moon Tide Press, following Threnody, Moon Tide, 2022. A second edition of Gravity: New & Selected Poems is forthcoming from Moon Tide in early 2025. Work has appeared in numerous journals and broadcasts including Cultural Daily, Gyroscope, Rattle, Sheila Na Gig, ONE ART, Vox Populi, The Writer’s Almanac, Lyric Life, and anthologies including The Poetry of Presence volumes I & II, The Path to Kindness, The Wonder of Small Things, I Thought I Heard a Cardinal Sing. www.donnahilbert.com