Randi Ward
THREE POEMS

CLOTHESLINE
Thank you,
gentle breeze,
for reaching out
to me through his
indifferent
sleeves.

PEONIES
What do honey bees
and black ants discuss
inside drooping
peonies?

SPRING
Threads
its jagged hook
through my budding
backbone—
violent squalling.

Randi Ward (“Peonies”, “Spring”, “Clothesline“) is a poet, translator, and photographer from West Virginia. She earned her MA in Cultural Studies from the University of the Faroe Islands in 2007. Her work has appeared in The Bitter Oleander, Beloit Poetry Journal, Anthology of Appalachian Writers, Cold Mountain Review, Vencil: Anthology of Contemporary Faroese Literature and other publications. For more information, please visit her website: www.randiward.com.

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