Magnanimous

Magnanimous 

The lake

owns the moon

tonight

cradles its delicate face

fragile

as a French crepe

lying on its indigo plate

offers free

to those in need

nourishment

only beauty

can sustain.

Bernadine Lortis

Born in rural Minnesota, I have lived in Mpls./St. Paul for nearly 60 years, currently wintering in San Miguel de Allende , MX. I've written secretly and sporadically for years but began prioritizing and submitting in 2016 when family responsibilities decreased. Since then, I've had fiction, creative nonfiction, flash fiction and poetry published in the following: Ariel Chart, Lost Sparrow Press, Mused: bellaonline, Cosmo Funnel, Every Writers' Resource, Miller's Pond, Oasis Journal, Poetry Super Highway, The Afterlife of Discarded Objects, Stirring: sundress press, Silver Birch Press: word press; Mothers Always Write, Persimmon Tree, Martin Lake Poetry; Flash Fiction for Flash Memory and included in A Poet-Artist Collaboration and Women Speak (Portraits, Poetry and Prose of the Feminine Experience) and as one of five poets in chapbook, "Fridays at Ten" in San Miguel de Allende.