Once by Leslie Dianne
Once we sat by the fire
and chased the ashes
with our eyes
pretended we were fireflies
with luminous power
to give spark
we scratched the dirt
with bony sticks
and wrote our dreams
on the skin of the earth
Leslie Dianne is a poet, novelist, screenwriter, playwright and performer whose work has been acclaimed internationally in places such as the Harrogate Fringe Festival in Great Britain, The International Arts Festival in Tuscany, Italy and at La Mama in NYC. She received her BA in French Literature from CUNY and her poems have appeared in The Lake, Ghost City Review, The Literary Yard, and About Place Journal. Her poetry was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize.