Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY is delighted to announce the following poems have been nominated for inclusion in 2024’s Best of the Net anthology: Flight Path by Laura RodleyThe Sonnet by Ed HackRailway Station, Bendery, Moldova by Tovli SimiryanBaptism by Greg WatsonMaking Up by Larina WarnockAll the best stories are true by Julia Klatt Singer —read more—
This morning, at my garbage can,
just underneath the lid,
two snails in the embrace of love
connubially hid.
Who knows what dangers they had passed,
how high they had to climb,
in order to achieve at last
this interchange of slime?
I left you unmolested, snails,
beneath your plastic shelf,
because on Friday nights I look
ridiculous myself.
by Gail White from Paper Cuts (Kelsey Books, 2023)
Cover design: Shay Culligan
That sound you hear, Ms. White (perk up your ears!) / Is me applauding, shouting my three cheers.
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