Janice D. Soderling
Triolet for Green Things
Honeyed fingers coax and bend,
parting grasses in the meadow.
Much will break but nothing mend,
parting grasses in the meadow.
In nine months the sweet will end.
Do not think he plans to wed, though
honeyed fingers coax and bend,
parting grasses in the meadow.
Janice D. Soderling lives in Sweden. She has previously had work in The Chimaera, as well as in The Shit Creek Review. Her work is recent or forthcoming in Autumn Sky, Anon, Acumen, Alba, The Barefoot Muse, Blue Unicorn, The Centrifugal Eye, Loch Raven Review, Lucid Rhythms, Mezzo Cammin, Nthposition, Orbis, Other Poetry, Poemeleon, Right Hand Pointing, and Umbrella Journal.
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