"the dark tree, the cold sea" by Emily Fragos : Poets.org

"People are curious about the you in 'the dark tree, the cold sea.' It need not be a secret. My beloved sister died young of cancer. It is she to whom I am speaking." So says American poet Emily Fragos. To read her poem "the dark tree, the cold sea" and to listen to an audio recording of her reading that poem, click here.