I am your bungee woman
head over heels,
bounce to rebound,
always attached,
free-fall and all.
Between us
a certain elasticity,
a bouncing back,
give and take,
pliant pitch,
resilient catch,
back and forth
at your touch
like a swinging
weight on a string.
I always come back.

-Ada Jill Schneider,
Bigger Than They Appear: 
Anthology of Very Short Poems
(Accents Publishing)

There are sharp flashes of light, moments when the miraculous world reveals itself to us swiftly, fully. And, because hte mind is also a miracle, the lucky words sometimes arrive to capture that revelation and through it witness what it means to be alive. That is the girft of this gorgeous collection.

–Mary Ann Taylor-Hall

Ada Jill Schneider directs “The Pleasure of Poetry” at the Somerset Public Library in Massachusetts. Her latest book is Behind the Pictures I Hang (Spinner Publications, 2007).

Image from Ada Jill Schneider’s Official Website.