Tender of the Persimmon Cradle
unseen by most eyes
Okasan gathers birch leaves
broom brushes gravel
another morning’s fallen
reminds her of children lost
crisp-edged, golden-rust
leaves trespass on the walk
chained from garden moss
her bonnet’s brim shields features
bare fingers show devotion
bowed before man’s gods
movement a meditation
she coddles remains
wind offerings connect sky
to her humble aged-grace
Deborah Guzzi
Deborah Guzzi writes fulltime. Her third book, The
Hurricane, is
available through Prolific Press. She has been nominated for the Rysling Award
for science fiction. Her poetry appears in Allegro, Shooter, Amethyst Review & Foxglove Journal in the
UK-Existere, Ekphrastic Review, Scarlet Leaf Review & Subterranean Blue Poetry, Canada - Tincture,
Australia - mgv2>publishing, France - Cha: Asian Review, Hong Kong,
China - Vine Leaves Journal, Australia - Scarlet Leaf Review - Greece, pioneertown, Sounding
Review, Bacopa Literary Review, The Aurorean, Liquid Imagination, The Tishman
Review & others in the USA.
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