Lady slipper

Black Ice & Fire, Poetry, Uncategorized 1 Minute

Lady
slipper
Lady’s slipper
dew dropped orchid girl at dawn…
“a fool for her stockings,”
someone said I was for hers,
& I admit there were times
sharp high heeled imprints walked
over the backbone
of my soul,
because I let them
& I let them
Lady slipper
Lady’s slipper
dew dropped orchid girl
at dawn…
long gone

from Black Ice & Fire, Poems 1974-2014 by James Ross Kelly


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James Ross Kelly lives in Northern California next to the Sacramento River. Mr. Kelly was a long-time resident of Southern Oregon where he grew up. And the Fires We Talked About published by Uncollected Press in 2020 is Mr. Kelly’s first book of fiction. In 2024 Mr. Kelly published his third book, "Above Neil Rock," a memoir.

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