Rendering by Laura Rodley

Image | Olga Kovalski

Rendering

The fruit of elderberries

condensed into an elixir has healed me,

so many berries, pearls of antioxidants,

how many berries went into each spoonful

I swallow. Every time I waited

for our elderberries to ripen, the birds

got there first. Here in my spoon,

someone else has done the gathering,

deep indigo, royal purple,

I swallow forgiveness,

the ripening of fruit, the sun.

© Laura Rodley

Laura Rodley

Pushcart Prize winner Laura Rodley's latest books are Turn Left at Normal by Big Table Press, Counter Point by Prolific Press and Ribbons and Moths Poems for Children, winner of Children's Nonfiction International Book Award and medalist for Moonbeam Book Award for Children's Poetry. 

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