The Sun, From Pluto

I'm looking for that lonely
drop of light flung furthest
in the sky of night and frost.
Still, I praise other lights — a half-moon
abiding the Styx,
and stones like sisters,
ellipse of familiar dust.

Meg Smith is a poet, writer, journalist, dancer and events producer living in Lowell, Mass. Her poems have appeared in The Cafe Review, Pudding, Poetry Bay,The Horror Zine, Silver Blade, Raven Cage, The Blue Hour Anthology, and many more.

Her most recent poetry books, Pretty Green Thorns, Night's Island, This Scarlet Dancing and Dear Deepest Ghost, are available on Amazon. She welcomes visits to megsmithwriter.com.

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