Crisp cotton behind me,
warm wooliness above,
our legs braided: a German love spoon.
Our single piece twists to
touch, caress and curve, to
disappear the spaces between us.
Next we’re castanets, concave shells joined,
palms full, fingers bent, percussive rotation,
moving rapidly in frenzied desire.
No tablature nor clef,
just energetic vibrato:
making sheet music.
Shari Lawrence Pfleeger’s poems reflect both natural and constructed worlds, often describing interactions with family and friends. Her work has been published in District Lines, Thimble Literary, Blue House Journal, Green Light, Paper Dragon, Boats Against the Current (online and print), and Young Ravens Literary Review, and in six anthologies of Yorkshire poetry. Her prize-winning collection of Yorkshire sonnets was launched in Britain 2021 at the Fourth Ripon Poetry Festival. A former board member of Alice James Books, Shari lives, writes and rides her bicycle in Washington, DC.