BROWSE Columns
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on a June day when
done with their work they
bit into the newly laid lead-
like slab of sidewalk the hand-
written date as month day and year
as it hardened as their sweat drying
dripped a century and more
rain- and sun-filled flashes
like quicksilver quivers
its craftsmen's song
Donna Fleischer writes in experimental Asian-derived forms, free verse, ekphrasis, and essays. Her new book of poetry is "Baby in Space" from Half Day Moon Press, California. Her poems are in over 70 journals and anthologies worldwide, forthcoming in the Modern Haiku Press 2025 international anthology, Haiku 21.2. She writes poetry book reviews for Tupelo Press and blogs at word pond.
