(a triolet)

The blood splatter suggests the body was moved,
After being stabbed sixty-two, or -three, times.
The deep shag rug was trampled and grooved.
The blood splatter suggests the body was moved.
The victim was heard by the maid to say, “It behooved…”
his wife, instead of him, to admit to his financial crimes.
The blood splatter suggests the body was moved,
After being stabbed sixty-two, or -three, times.

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Rhonda Rosenheck’s poetry is inspired by ancient texts, nature, and human complexities. She won a NYSCA grant for Thriving: An Anthology (ed., 2024) and authored The Five Books of Limericks, Looking, and Yiddische Yoga: OYsanas for Every Generation (humor). Her poems have appeared in magazines, journals and anthologies; one was performed at Cooperstown, NY’s Glimmerglobe Theater. Rhonda was a featured poet in Judith Magazine. She has been featured at readings in MA and in Upstate NY. She participated in the Colrain Manuscript Conference and in juried residencies at the Fish Factory Arts Centre (Iceland) and Prospect Street Writers House (Vermont).