Poetry by Lana Hechtman Ayers
from the size and shape
I can surmise
that it’s a lady bug plodding
across my window screen
black polka dots &
flame orange autumn wings
though only this bug’s
dark underbelly faces me
I know for certain
beauty is out there
ready to be seen
ready to fly off
Lana Hechtman Ayers has shepherded over a hundred forty poetry volumes into print in her role as managing editor for three small presses. Her work appears in Rattle, The London Reader, Peregrine, and elsewhere. Her newest collection is The Autobiography of Rain (Fernwood Press, 2024). Visit her online at LanaAyers.com.
