Strung Out
- Strung Out
The day's cordstether imagination,kite exploring bare sky.
Break string and sailover postcard meadows,swim into cloud mist.
Images fade likeimpressions from a novelread by the pool.
A tour fundedby forgetfulnessgoes bankrupt.
Kite splinters on a stone. [End Page 99]
Ellen Roberts Young
Ellen Roberts Young, a California native who spent almost 40 years in Pennsylvania, has been part of the poetry community in Las Cruces, New Mexico, for four years. Her chapbook, Accidents, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2004. In addition to numerous journal publications, her work has been anthologized in The Wisdom of Daughters and Orpheus and Company.
