Carol Smallwood
On Days of Slow Rain
I’m a child again
wanting to read
darkened tree bark
like Braille.
Carol Smallwood’s recent books include Divining the Prime Meridian (WordTech Communications, 2015); Water, Earth, Air, Fire, and Picket Fences (Lamar University Press, 2014). A multi-Pushcart nominee in RHINO, Drunken Boat, she’s founded, supports humane societies. Library Outreach to Writers and Poets: Interviews and Case Studies of Cooperation is forthcoming from McFarland.
On Days of Slow Rain
I’m a child again
wanting to read
darkened tree bark
like Braille.
Carol Smallwood’s recent books include Divining the Prime Meridian (WordTech Communications, 2015); Water, Earth, Air, Fire, and Picket Fences (Lamar University Press, 2014). A multi-Pushcart nominee in RHINO, Drunken Boat, she’s founded, supports humane societies. Library Outreach to Writers and Poets: Interviews and Case Studies of Cooperation is forthcoming from McFarland.