Poetry by Laura Hannett
The toad and crisp leaf are twins on the bricks.
Old milkweed pods flock with the sparrows.
Dandelions and finch, bright gold against green:
One swoops, and dips, and it seems as if
a flower’s been launched, a brash
and brilliant illusion of flight—
the moment winks at the indistinct edge,
catches you short
with the delighted confusion such mix-ups can bring,
living similes playing between wild things.
Laura Hannett is a native of Central New York and a graduate of Hamilton College and the College of William and Mary. Other work can be found in Last Stanza Poetry Journal, Neologism Poetry Journal, Verse-Virtual and Mania Magazine.
