Two Serious Ladies

Two Serious Ladies is named for the 1943 short novel by Jane Bowles.

“I have my happiness, which I guard like a wolf, and I have authority now and a certain amount of daring, which, if you remember correctly, I never had before.”

― Jane Bowles Two Serious Ladies

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Constellation Poems

by Gabriela Frank

Kronos, or They Say Zeus Gets It From His Father He had been born with passion that was downright frightening He feared cursing his babies with It Citation: Grisham, John. A Time to Kill: A Novel. Dell Publishing, 1989. p. 30.

Phasiphaë, or After the Minotaur Was Born, She Was Done Having Kids

birth had been a gut-wrenching nightmare conflicting incubator of tears her tubes were removed one at a time She was perfect now

Citation: Grisham, John. A Time to Kill: A Novel. Dell Publishing, 1989. p. 178.

Persephone, or Just Because Your Date’s Late Doesn’t Mean He’s Not Coming

death struggled to visit her she suspected He never would Citation: Grisham, John. A Time to Kill: A Novel. Dell Publishing, 1989. p. 210.

Gabriela Frank

Gabriela Denise Frank is a transdisciplinary artist, editor, and educator. Her writing and visual art have appeared in BOMB Magazine, True Story, DIAGRAM, Northwest Review, X-R-A-Y, The Normal School, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. She serves as creative nonfiction editor and managing editor of Crab Creek Review.