We call it shy grass, he said, as I pointed to the dark, creeping foliage, the pert pink flowers looking like miniature firework displays. Then he bent down, looked up at me, and ran his forefinger gently along one of the veins. The double compound leaflets folded― like synchronized swimmers, like tiny hands in prayer, […]
Shaun R. Pankoski
Shaun R. Pankoski (she/her) is a poet most recently from Volcano, Hawaii. A retired county worker and two time breast cancer survivor, she has lived on both coasts as well as the Midwest as an artist’s model, modern dancer, massage therapist and honorably discharged Air Force veteran. Her poems have appeared in several literary magazines, including Gargoyle, Sheila-na-Gig, Gyroscope and MacQueen's Quinterly.