The Old Pond
by Renée Owen (California), Jodi Hottel (California)
& Shawna Swetech (California)
indian summer
climbing on oak limbs
grandfather’s knobby knees (ro)
flicker of green light
shadows on her bare arm (jh)
chill morning
in the apple orchard
we undress in layers (ss)
sign at the old pond
no skinny dipping allowed (ro)
first to float
in the afternoon sun
buckeye leaves (jh)
the ropeswing’s wide arc
we fly back in time (ss)
