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  China Doll

  

  By juneday, Barrington, RI

  Thin as a whisper, skin sags from her arms, from bones breakable as good china - but still she pushes away food, ignoring her belly’s rumbling protest....
• Poetry > Haiku
  semiprecious luck

  

  By juneday, Barrington, RI

  jade charms swing from necks, fingers blur tiny faces, worn smooth from rubbing...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Porch Drink

  

  By juneday, Barrington, RI

  Porch Drink (haiku) the clink of glasses laughter billows like a sheet union of cocktails...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Autumn Coming

  

  By juneday, Barrington, RI

  Autumn Coming (haiku) Stalks sway in the breeze, Rattling with a hollow sound... summer drains away...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Neighborly Conduct

  

  By juneday, Barrington, RI

  The house sits on the corner: Squat and black as a witch’s cauldron, it casts long shadows over the road. There is a tree in the yard, a twisted thing – bare even in the springtime, when its branches thrust through sparse leaves, sending them fluttering like tiny birds spiraling throug...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Water Lily Drifting

  

  By juneday, Barrington, RI

  Floating disembodied on the water lilies spread wide, spinning in giddy circles on a reflection of the sky. like a blind child stumbling, they bump against the smooth curve of stones – recoiling pain sends red flashes vibrating through the water … A petal falls, bright against the ...