FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: REMEMBER WHEN Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words remember and/or when, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on April 19th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Remember When will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, April 20th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Friday, April 19, 2024

Karen Pierce Gonzalez


Faded


I remember when,

into my empty hands,

the long-stemmed rose he bought himself

                                                            petaled.

 

My palms,

a wreath of lines

no fortune teller wants to read

                                                            opened

to catch

what he dropped

on the brambly path we were on.

                                                            Thorns

uphill all the way  

scratched my skin

and hurt when held

                                                             tightly.


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