Author Archives: Traci Brimhall

The Truth About the Kiss: A Poem by Traci Brimhall

No one wants to know Vivien Leigh
walked off screen and complained about
Clark Gables’ bad breath. No one wants
to know an act of betrayal inspired Rodin’s
marble lovers. We want to believe in passion,
in moonlight and doorways, that slip
of the tongue we give so we may be taken.
But we must admit it. The famous post-war
picture of a [...]