A fugitive blue sneaks through
the robe of dusk, mauve and purple
trembling in mist. Magnolias spy
with cardinal eyes, and I eavesdrop
as stars hum a sickle moon into the sky.
Abelia perfumes the air
and shadows calico the yard:
Wait! Wait!
The edge of summer, the lip of change
kisses this hour,
and we’re all bewitched by whispering
stones and starshine.
KB Ballentine’s seventh collection, Edge of the Echo, is scheduled to launch May of 2021 with Iris Press. Her earlier books can be found with Blue Light Press, Middle Creek Publishing, and Celtic Cat Publishing. Published in Crab Orchard Review and Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, among others, her work also appears in anthologies including In Plein Air (2017) and Carrying the Branch: Poets in Search of Peace (2017). Learn more at www.kbballentine.com.
