PALMETTO POEM: Charleston childhood montage

By Jacqueline Johnson

I.

Your garden is as wild as one
of Bearden’s conjure women’s.
Lush with collards, roses, lilies,
hydrangea, figs and japonica.
One summer found me walking
concrete, dusty path to your front steps.

by · 09/12/2016 · 3 comments · Features, Palmetto Poem