Issue 7 - Ruth Gooley

Anniversary Gift

Waterfall mute,

striders pulled up short,

wings as still as airless kites,

our toes tickled

by the drought-worn

stream.

            But blessings blossom

here. The petal of your kiss,

the wind’s comb

tangling the brown hair

of the forest floor,

the latticework of our hands.

--Ruth Gooley

Ruth Gooley, a native of Venice, California, published her dissertation, The Image of the Kiss in French Renaissance Poetry, and has published poems in Pure Francis, Poecology, The Red Poppy Review, vox poetica, nibble, Common Sense 2, The Corner Club Press, Apollo's Lyre, Ibbetson Street Press, and Hobble Creek Review. She has forthcoming poems in Snowy Egret, Literary Fever, and Up the Staircase, among others.

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