I say hello to the freshly opened rose
that leans toward the walkway.
She extends her scent to me;
Lovely to meet you, I’m Rose.
I decide not to ask about
the nick on one ear, compliment
her instead on the pink outlines
that edge each petal. Thank you,
she replies in the language
that invented yellow.
is the author of the chapbooks The Belly Remembers (Pearl Editions) and Along the Fault Line (Picture Show Press, 2022), and three full-length volumes of poetry: Wild Domestic and Moraine (Pearl Editions, 2011 and 2017) and Morpheus Dips His Oar (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, 2023). Her work has appeared in A Year of Being Here, Chiron Review, ONE ART, Shelia-Na-Gig, The Worcester Review, Writer’s Almanac, Your Daily Poem and many other publications.
Author’s website:
https://tamaramadisonpoetry.com
