“Child” and “Farming at 90”
– Poetry by Francesca J. Sidoti –
Featured in issue 15 of Dreamers Magazine
Child
There was in your first steps
a strength of planets,
yours and mine combined,
expanding upon a forming world,
orbiting the truth of innocence,
energies conceived.
In the night you would reach up,
arms extended.
And lifting you I would be free, a
song of owls and geese
sharing tropospheres,
held, breathing near my heart. Your
moments a constellation
spanning the dome of my life. Your
cells knitted from mine, walking and
waking apart.
In sleep I have held you again, your
steps in dreams beating,
repeating stellar melodies we sang together
and sing forever, from birth to our
next meeting.
Farming at 90
pugnacious white hairs
sprouted decades deep on farm hands
tangle with spring air
on the first day of planting
in counterpoint to week roots
beneath good soil
spreading a collective choke out
to iris and lily
all of it springs too fast
grows hot with a dry season
busts up clay from underneath
asphalt takes the ride
bends it with new roots
from here to there
makes bare clapboard stand grim
but certain in heavy evening sun
runs away with the gilded pond
and sends a daughter for good luck
who stops by on Sundays
and remembers when
About the Author – Francesca J. Sidoti
Francesca J. Sidoti’s poetry has been published in Chiron Review, Haight-Ashbury LIterary Journal, Viet Nam Generation, Moonstone Arts’ “Nikki Giovanni Tribute”, and other literary magazines. Upcoming publications include: eunoia review, and Deep Overstock Fiction Podcast, which will feature her reading her work for the “Romance” edition. Sidoti has been the recipient of several awards, including the 2021 Dorn Space Poet of the Year. Her book, Civil Twilight and Other Transitions (2023), is available by contacting the author at fjsoctober@gmail.com.
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