It's Still Life

In Praise of Pine

Cone.
Prickly
as a sea urchin.

Home
to dry on
a winter’s hearth.

Bring
our faces
near to breathe

In
its breath licking
scent awake.

These poems/prose are draft versions, written in participation of Miz Quickly’s prompts and Writers’ Digest (Poetic Asides) November poem-a-day challenge. The aim: to produce a chapbook for submission. ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting on Twitter