As They Head North | Sandra Rokoff-Lizut

Poverty pushes
scratched dented heart;
fractures familias,
as they head north.

Sun-scorched,
feet blistered, bloodied,
clutching los ninos
they head north.

Danger
deception, death,
eager predators stalk.
Head north.

Salvation’s
cruel sweet
siren-call beckons.
North.

Indian Review | Author | Sandra Rokoff-Lizut, retired educator and children’s book author (published by Macmillan, Holt Reinhart & Winston, and Hallmark Inc.), is currently both a printmaker and poet. Visit us to read more…

Sandra Rokoff-Lizut, retired educator and children’s book author (published by Macmillan, Holt Reinhart & Winston, and Hallmark Inc.), is currently both a printmaker and poet. She is a member of Oregon Poetry Association, Mary’s Peak Poets, Poetic License, Gertrude’s, and a weekly writing salon. Rokoff-Lizut volunteers, by teaching poetry to middle-schoolers, at the Boys and Girls Club in Corvallis, Oregon. She also studies poetry Oregon State University. Previous publications include Illya’s Honey, The Bicycle Review, Wilderness House Review, The Tower Journal, The Penwood Review, and Wild Goose Poetry Review.