Linda M. Crate

Perhaps in a crocus

the deer
ate the crab apples
growing in our yard,
the crab apples
ate my dog;
i miss him and i wonder
where i might find his face—
perhaps in a crocus
smiling and yellow in a neighbors yard.

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Linda M. Crate (she/her) is a Pennsylvanian writer whose poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both online and in print. She has twelve published chapbooks the latest being: Searching Stained Glass Windows For An Answer (Alien Buddha Publishing, December 2022).