FLUX
by Sharon Patterson
flimsy half-moon
floats in the noon sky
transparent
part lace
part skin
it is how I see you now
frail and iridescent
hovering
gossamer wing
adrift
amid air
and light
nearer to spirit
than to bone
Sharon Patterson lives
in Porterville, California. She is an active member of a writer's workshop
and an active member of California Writers Club. Sharon was a
semi-finalist in the Frith Press Chapbook competition for 2000, 2001
and 2002. She has been published in such places as Rivertalk, Daybreak,
California Quarterly, Crucible Poetry Bone and Poetry Depth
Quarterly.
