December morning
my neighbor ties blue balloons
to her front porch
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Pediatrician Kelley White has worked in inner city Philadelphia and rural New Hampshire. Her poems have appeared in Exquisite Corpse, Rattle and JAMA. Her most recent collection is NO. HOPE STREET (Kelsay Books). She received a 2008 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grant.
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green balloons for spring’s growth
yellow balloons for summer’s sunshine
orange balloons for fall’s foilage
green balloons for spring’s growth
yellow balloons for summer’s sunshine
orange balloons for fall’s foilage
the party’s over
december evening …
somberly, she sits alone
on her back porch
next door death
the chinese woman
ties a red ribbon at her gate
her beauty
graced thousands of eyes —
two were mine