How Divine
{An Umbrella Special Feature}


Nellie Hill’s

life has taken a long, winding turn through aikido and acupressure and now back to poetry.

She has taught creative writing in the Joint Medical and Humanities Program at UC Berkeley and now has a private acupressure practice in Berkeley.

Her poems have appeared in various journals including Poetry East, American Poetry Review, (with an introduction by Denise Levertov), The Harvard Magazine, Commonweal and Snowy Egret.

Her fourth chapbook is due out from Pudding House in 2008.


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Three Meditations

I walked around the house looking out
each window at rain pounding the garden,
dripping from trees, soaking the street.

This reminds me of the dog who hated rain.
He went to each door,
each opened onto the same rain.

And another dog who was seen sneaking
into the forbidden dining room,
holding himself close to the wall, eyes closed.



 
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