tropical cold spell
last shaken light on river
starlings shift and turn
muted smoke-peach blends
daughter watches gulf sunset
mother’s ghost painting
crimson crowns tipped back
sixty-million year echoes
pleistocene bugling
Mary Jo Balistreri has two books of poetry, Joy in the Morning, and gathering the harvest, both published by Bellowing Ark Press. A chapbook, Best Brothers, is forthcoming in spring, 2014 from Tiger's Eye Press. Mary Jo has published widely, and has three Pushcart nominations and two Best of the Net. She is a founding member of Grace River Poets, an outreach for schools, women's shelters, and churches. Please visit Mary Jo on her website: maryjobalistreripoet.com
it's good to see Jo's worthy poetry in High Coupe!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Daryl.
ReplyDeleteyou should send more poetry, are my thoughts -
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