holding out her begging bowl
near sunrise waiting
expectant
she never minds
its emptiness
the perfect peace of space
maybe a word comes
a petal a pebble
a sky full of baby clothes
just one small newborn thing
Robin Turner is the author of bindweed & crown poison: small poems of stray girls, fierce women (Porkbelly Press). A Best of the Net and Pushcart nominee, her work has most recently appeared in bramble & thorn (a Porkbelly Press anthology), Psaltery & Lyre, 3Elements Literary Review, Gnarled Oak, and in the magical White Rock Zine Machine. She lives in Dallas, Texas.