In gold fruit plentiful,
gorgeous as a dead
lover's eyes. It
poisoned several of
Columbus's crew.
Mangrove forests
with shallow needles,
wading birds,
land crabs. Ruins of
sugar plantations,
the wind mills,
skeletons
still standing
Lyn Lifshin is an award-winning poet with more than 100 books to her credit. Her most recent efforts are The Licorice Daughter, and The Daughter I Don't Have. Her latest collection,Persephone is forthcoming from Red Hen Press.