she swings her cane
as if it could cut
flowers she planted
and now cannot name . . .
inside, a cousin seals another box
Author: Peg Duthie
Peg Duthie lives in Nashville. Her poems have appeared in 7x20, unFold, and elsewhere.
free from school
the chalk dances
across the sidewalk
the hem of my dress
too wet for the wind
snatched by the wind,
my check zips past the daffodils —
I almost let it go