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POEM OF THE WEEK | Ellen Chang-Richardson | PLEASE TELL ME THIS WILL NOT LAST FOREVER

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chapel street shifts pitch deep winter;
its edges, sharper its scents brighter, brittle
like peppermint ……………. or bone
.
where fever …. bush frozen
berry holly reaches its thorns to bristle
my fingers with its bitter tang
…………………………………. where deep

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Ellen Chang-Richardson | PLEASE TELL ME THIS WILL NOT LAST FOREVER

PLEASE TELL ME THIS WILL NOT LAST FOREVER chapel street shifts pitch deep winter; its edges, sharper its scents brighter, brittle like peppermint                  or bone where fever        bush frozen berry holly       reaches its thorns to bristle my fingers with its bitter tang […]

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