VINYL POETRY

Volume 9, November 2013

BIRDIE
Laura Swearingen-SteadwellView Contributor’s Note

Sakura

Sculpting cherry blossoms reminds her of home,

threading copper wire through rose quartz, twisting.
Her hands burn with the memory of spring,
flowers storming the Tidal Basin,

dragons perched along the riverbank shedding
pastel scales. Valentines. Ghosts dissolving
on an outstretched tongue.