Queen Anne's Lace
A poem
July 26, 2007
Queen Anne's Lace
Queen Anne's lace dandies up
a ditch, like embroidered hankies
in a farmer's pocket.
Such tiny seed-pearl petals
seem hand-sewn by
seraphim to their purple
centers – yet they thrive
in common places, fine as tatted
borders blanket-stitched to burlap.