By Carey Taylor
She is the absence of light
at the edge of the door
bruise of sky on the horizon
caw of crow
letter never written.
Once, a white communion dress
anthology of poems
beaded bracelets gold and green
dough of pie
cinnamon sugar sprinkle.
Copyright Taylor 2016
Carey Taylor is the author of The Lure of Impermanence (Cirque Press 2018). She is a Pushcart Prize nominee and winner of the 2022 Neahkahnie Mountain Poetry Prize. Her work has been published both in Ireland and the United States and most recently in The Black Spring Press Group Anthology-Before the Cameras Leave Ukraine (London). She holds a Master of Arts degree in School Counseling and currently lives in Portland, Oregon. https://careyleetaylor.com
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