Linda Simone is the author of Archeology and Cow Tippers. Her Pushcart-nominated poems appear in numerous journals and anthologies, most recently in Bearing the Mask: Southwest Persona Poems (Dos Gatos Press, 2016). A native New Yorker, she now lives in San Antonio, Texas. www.lindasimone.com
Burnished camellia
offers ribbons to the sun
Unaware I watch
*****
Peonies ripen
At first light petals gather
My table covered
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Burnished camellia
offers ribbons to the sun
Unaware I watch
*****
Peonies ripen
At first light petals gather
My table covered
*****
Tai chi practicers
arms like mighty oak branches
I rest in their shade
Linda Simone
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arms like mighty oak branches
I rest in their shade
Linda Simone