Keepsake by Joan McNerney
There are too many
clocks and not enough
time. I will take
and save this minute
for myself.
This minute
of mercury
this swift night
as sleepless stars
glide through
the sky in
aerial ballet.
Joan McNerney’s poetry is found in many literary magazines such as Seven Circle Press, Dinner with the Muse, Poet Warriors, Blueline, and Halcyon Days. Four Bright Hills Press Anthologies, several Poppy Road Journals, and numerous Poets' Espresso Reviews have accepted her work. She has four Best of the Net nominations. Her latest title is The Muse in Miniature available on Amazon.com and Cyberwit.net