Schubert Cello Quintet

Opus Posthumous, 163

those cellos keep
riffing in my head

like Bird's solo
in Ornithology

the swirl of Martha
Graham's dress

slant light moving
across your face

overtones of a bell
the taste of salt

truth is beauty
that lingers

LISA OLSSON

Lisa Olsson is a poet who writes about music and art. She is a cellist and plays with the Yonkers Philharmonic, Westchester Chamber Soloists, and Kort String Quartet. One of her poems won the Poetry in the Pavement contest sponsored by the Hudson Valley Writers Center. Her debut chapbook, The Size of Dark Cherries, was published in April, 2025 by Finishing Line Press.