by Michelle Lerner
Artichoke
The softness of the heart
The sinking of the teeth
The scattered petals that were its sheath
Kiwi
Elephant skin
Stone from Easter Island
Emerald in a brown paper bag
Corn
From the Jersey jungle
Half undressed
Praying mantis
Michelle Lerner is a graduate of the New School MFA program in Poetry. Her poems have been published in various journals and anthologies including Paterson Literary Review; Lips; Knock; The Poetry of Place; and others.
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