Late November garden in Ocean Grove. Paul Goldfinger photograph. ©
Reprieve
By Charles Pierre
From a rusted nail
on the south wall
of an old boathouse
weathered to gray,
a small pail of
red impatiens
swings in the mild
November sun,
where the rush
of stark sea wind
has yet to dim
the arc of lush color.
EVA CASSIDY
From her album Songbird.