Jan Mainzer is a senior lecturer in Art History at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Jan has been at Marist since 1993. Her research interests focus on the history of the relationship between "craft" and "fine art." She regrets she hasn't written poetry since the 1970's.
The Golden Masks of Trebenishte, Republic of Macedonia
Masks: Three Fragments
1. you think
you know
me
better
each day
but
all you see
is a display
of masks
from my
collection
2. i put
them on
in the
darkness
turned away
from the
moonlight --
the world
has never
seen what lies
under
my disguise
3. a glance in
the mirror
reveals
nothing...
sometimes
i wonder
what
my face
really
looks like
(Spring 1971)
