Ellen Kartchner
ELLEN KAR TCHNER has recently received her master of fine arts degree in creative writing from the Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa, where she has also taught literature classes. She is a member of the Iowa City ward.
Articles
Andante
After your letter, I hoped to translate,
if I could, apples and bread into dark open streets.
That girl in Heidelberg drew a black line,
white paper against the shed door,
Burn Ward
Late at night, the kids in their rooms come
drifting towards me, thinking of home, perhaps,
wrestling a kiss fire of pain.
And the ward is yellow with breathing,