Poetry | Summer 2022
Peony
by Angela Sloan
An embroidery of black ants
-- as tiny as sugar granules --
glide between lacquered petals,
smooth pleats
and rosy satin folds.
Nourished by thick warm air
and rain: soft and precious,
the abundant green leaves are slick
with innumerable translucent beads.
Angela Sloan lives and writes in New York City. Her previous works have been published by Three Rooms Press, Genre: Urban Arts, The East Village Eye, and A Gathering of the Tribes. Her chapbook, Stories About Love, was published in 2021.
