POET OF THE DISENFRANCHISED: Nancy Scott’s first book of poems demonstrates an empathy for the hurt and the neglected that is expressed in a tone that is stoical with a dash of wry humor, and not the least hint of world-weariness… Ms. Scott has unique ways of looking at people and social situations. Her work is full of surprises.
Linda Arntzenius, Town Topics, April, 2007
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Late October
It’s rained for hours.
An unmistakable smell of decay
rises from dead leaves piled at the curb.
My grandsons are wrestling
on the living room floor.
Perhaps the one who’s pinned
hopes I’ll intervene.
Soon they’ll climb into their bunk beds
and trade insults until they drop off to sleep.
I’m watching the nightly news:
in Trenton, a young girl waiting
to cross the street has been killed
by a stray bullet. A man hugs
the distraught mother.
Outside our window, the trees, stripped
of leaves, stand like barbed sentries.
No moon, just an icy glaze forming
on wet pavement.
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