Abandoned

By Diane Webster

Two lone fence posts

abandoned by their fence

lean like prairie grass

relenting to the wind.

 

Two bleached ribs

worthless to scavengers

skewer the meadow;

scrawny tombstones

eroded into anonymity.

 

Diane Webster’s work has appeared in Old Red Kimono, North Dakota Quarterly, New English Review, Studio One and other literary magazines. She had micro-chaps published by Origami Poetry Press in 2022, 2023 and 2024. One of Diane’s poems was nominated for Best of the Net in 2022. Diane retired in 2022 after 40 years in the newspaper industry. Her website is: www.dianewebster.com