Lenard D. Moore
False Spring -
I listen to the woman
who can’t find
a job in her field
with proof of experience
ready to cut grass
though the basketball game
continues…
a dapple of pollen
from the lawn mower
up the street
and down it too
maples bud
a pregnant woman
opens her mailbox
I grade papers
on this waning day when
dogwoods bud
beyond the window
a whistle blows
first spring rain
the honk of a school bus
before daybreak
all of the silence
in this room
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Lenard D. Moore teaches Advance Poetry Writing and African American Literature at Mount Olive College. He also directs their literary festival and serves as the advisor for the college’s publication,The Trojan Voices. He is the author of A Temple Looming; Desert Storm: A Brief History; Forever Home, and other books.
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