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A scarlet Liquidambar leaf
M.S. Rooney
gleams on the path. Rain water
slides from its shine
as I take it in my hand.
Milkmaids sleep coiled
beneath west coast
lime green winter grasses
now pushing up
where I drop the leaf,
crimson on green.
How magnificent
we cannot control
rain, even now.
About the Author
M.S. Rooney lives in Sonoma, California with poet Dan Noreen. Her work appears in journals, including The Blue Mountain Review, Friends Journal, and Hole in the Head Review and anthologies including Quiet Diamonds (The Orchard Street Press Ltd., Jack Kristofco Publisher). Her work has received nominations for the Pushcart Prize.
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