Autumn Graveyard

Priscilla Bettis

gossamer clouds–

a veil drapes the face of the sky

below, a carpet

of the dead and fallen

brown and rusted

leaves

that I blaspheme with my boots

lichen licks your gravestone

and when I crumple in my grief

my knees crush the withered roses

your sister left

AUTHOR BIO

Priscilla Bettis is an avid reader and a joyful writer. Priscilla lives in small-town Texas with her two-legged and four-legged family members. She enjoys writing short stories and poems, and she is working on her first literary novel.

Priscilla chats about life and writing at X: @PriscillaBettis

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Poetry Judge

Allison Field Bell

Allison Field Bell is a multi-genre writer originally from northern California, but currently living in Utah.

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