on a withered vine
handfuls of grapes still alive
in the freezing rain
***
cold weather cruisers
gunmetal gray clouds
ships above us
***
their beautiful baby
soon after the wedding
but who’s counting
~~~
Laurinda Lind is a former journalist/ current caregiver in New York’s North Country, near Canada. Some of her writing is in Atlanta Review, The Heartland Review, New American Writing, Paterson Literary Review, and Spillway. She is a Keats-Shelley Prize winner, and a Pushcart Prize, and Best of the Net nominee. This is Laurinda’s first feature on The Short of It.
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Loving this gentle imagery and narrative!
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Jaya, thank you so much. I am sorry it took me so long to see your kind comment. –LL
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