“Spring Outing” by Nani Furse
by admin | 4.06.10Storm in these hills
frays each edge
of symmetry: shadow-snow
drawn under earth and stone
by threaded rain.
Bone-red willows
banked by sage
tangle cold echoes,
sharing the motion
of water turned wind
in search for transparent green.
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Nani Lii S. Furse is a SAHM, proof that she’s learning textese in an effort to communicate with her teens and young adult children. She earned a BA in English from SUU when it was Southern Utah State College and continues to enjoy life in that scenic area with her husband and three energetic sons who still remain at home. Her poetry has been published in the Ensign, the New Era, and Irreantum.
*Contest entry*