Who will claim this lily pad, Island of paradise, Wile away the day with birdsong And waterfall spill over stacked slate? Insects dance before skittering away When predators advance to revel and marvel, Lounging in anticipation Mirth for moments, wings carry In swirling movement, The soft breeze, Lulling the innocents
Mitzi Dorton (she/her) is author of the book, Chief Corn Tassel, Finishing Line Press, Literary Global Book Award finalist in history and biography. A multi-genre writer, she has poetry in Rattle, Shadowplay, Constellations, Appalachian Places, Poetry South, and is a finalist with both the Wilda Morris Poetry Challenge/Peace Poems, and the Golden Ox Micro-Prose Contest. She is a part of two award-winning publications, Rise, Northern Colorado Writers, Colorado Book Award in anthology and G. I. Days, Milltown Press, New Generation Indie Book Award finalist. Dorton is a former reader and reviewer with Nunum and past associate editor with Fiction on the Web.
