Q Gallery to Feature Local Poet

Loraine Brink’s poem, “Lives Long Lived,” will be included in the “Verse and Vision Project” at Q Gallery in Stevens Point during May. A resident of Ephraim, Brink is a member of Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets. Her poems have been published in Verse Wisconsin, Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar, and Peninsula Pulse.
To read Brink’s blog visit http://www.lorainebrink.blogspot.com, or to read more of Brink’s poetry visit http://www.donlorbrink.com.

Lives Long Lived

the two look intimate almost snuggly
she in swimsuit visor rubber beach shoes
diamond earrings a gift only two days old
he in shorts tee sensible shoes white socks

they chat freely after 60 years
what can be new last night he dreamed
her diamonds were too small she wanted
the next bigger size $3500 another night
he dreamed she ran away just left him
it hurt her to hear these but only a fortnight ago
in her dream he smashed his cane angry
about some infraction yet they share

They are one of two million couples in Florida
lumpy slow with defining lines of wrinkles

Poem reprinted by permission of the author.