Leslie Newton
Legends
She was the oldest—
skin like the desert with its deep, spider lines,
and eyes like the fog in the dawn.
We sat in the dust
and pooled around her knees
as she told us stories
of clouds pregnant with rain.
You could smell wet in the air, she said.
It can rain, she said. Remember,
it can.
Bio
Leslie lives in Kansas City with her dog and runs a Writing Studio at a local community college. Leslie earned her M.A. in English from the University of Tulsa and her B.A. in English from Huntington University. She has taught English, Writing, and Literature at a variety of educational institutions at home and abroad, and she is indebted to her long-standing, creative friends who have given heaps of feedback over the years. Leslie has published poetry in Time of Singing.