Alicia Cole

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After Appomattox Court House

I gave up my son, one knot
my fingers failed to complete;
Mary never forgave me,
her mouth a hard cherry pit.

Take the long coat she told me,
for the chill.

Alicia Cole lives with a photographer and a bevy of animals. Over their house, egrets and great blue herons fly. She has a penchant for birding, blackberries, and walking through brambles. Her poetry and fiction may be found in American Tanka, Birkensnake, Demeter's Spicebox and Third Wednesday. A more complete bibliography may be found at three-magpies.livejournal.com.