PERSEPHONIC

"Persephonic," India ink on 4" x 6" watercolor postcard. One of the cards I sent out for the 2020 August Poetry Postcard Festival.

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PERSEPHONIC

We dreamt a garden in the midst of our concrete and chaos. We named the animals. Sebastian. Siobhan. Shawn. Simeon. The garden grew and greened. All was splendor until the fruit ripened and we couldn’t keep the pith and flesh and juice from passing our lips. Then we could once more smell the notes of asphalt and tar and turmoil beneath the petrichor that promised summer rain.

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All artwork and poems by Troy Kehm-Goins © 2020 Troy's Work Table Publishing.