HOW ABOUT
(for Stephanie)
your red sparkly sweater
in a sea of green
vegetables, twinkling
like a lost star?
How about pearls thrown
before rhyme?
How about I linger.
on the ramp to hell
a little longer
to joke about swamp water?
How about trusting
yourself to be
transformed by love?
About the author:
Nicole Farmer spent her teen years in her dad’s Lafayette, Louisiana, honky-tonk. She has published three books of poetry, Wet Underbelly Wind (FLP), Honest Sonnets (Kelsay Books) and OPEN HEART (Kelsay Books). Her poems have appeared in Wisconsin Review, Suisun Valley Review, Apricity, Kakalak, Wild Roof Journal, Poetry South, and many other journals. She lives in Asheville, NC.
NicoleFarmerpoetry.com
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