Hermine Pinson, a native of Beaumont, Texas, is the author of three collections of poetry, Ashe and Mama Yetta and Other Poems, both with Wings Press; and most recently Dolores is Blue/Dolorez is Blues, published in fall 2007 by Sheep Meadow Press. She has also published short fiction and critical essays in such publications as Callaloo; AfricanAmerican Review; Texas Bound: Short Stories […]
blue stop friend drink limping water bus strangers red daylight green rain someone said they saw me limping. I denied it but when I thought about it one leg was shorter than the other especially when I crossed them I sat at the bus stop and looked across the street, daydreaming through the plate glass […]
they are tiny but there are many they are as industrious as ants relentless as gnats numerous as lies in the open mouth masters who cultivate catastrophe ask someone whose people have been in charge of things for a thousand years then ask someone whose ancestors were forced to serve people in charge of things […]
After a season of floods, we amble down Hatteras beach toward the lighthouse we will not reach today, sated with the quick exchange of laughter or easy quiet friendship relishes. We pocket bits of fire, sky and night: lions paws, queens, calico scallops, God’s litter of sea jewels and abandoned abodes. Sandy, Rochelle and I […]
my name is Dolores sorrow is my middle name my name is Dolores sorrow is my middle name if I hadn’t been born I wouldn’t have nobody to blame my name is Dolores but my blues don’t right no wrongs my middle name is Dolores my blues don’t right no wrongs took my eyes off […]
“Mama, don’t let the sun bite me Sun bite me” she cries and shields her eyes with innocent arms and the sun the sun stares with the third eye of a madman and the land lies low to the ground Errant squirrels, dogs, and cats who mis- calculated stiffen and bloat on the highway mid-afternoon […]
Hermine Pinson, author of the collections, Ashe and Mama Yetta and Other Poems (both with Wings Press), talks about the genesis of her poems featured on Fishouse, as well her poetic background.