Poetry

Kicking away the leaves by strutting she’s nothing less than Peter Pan.

Dapper and delicate branches bend softly, avoiding the wrath of the city.

As she serves them, she knows that soon, they will be overly warm.

Birds in branches, peacocks preen.

I paint in orange desire, he in glorious gold.

Shoes for Lucy is a book of poems by Lynne Kemen, published fall 2023.