November 2022
Kelly Sargent
usernameks@aol.com / www.kellysargent.com
Bio Note: A hearing-impaired artist and author of free verse poetry and modern haiku books, as well as several dozen published poems and cover art, I also review for an organization supporting the artistic expression of sexual violence survivors. I reside in the picturesque state of Vermont, where my mom is my best friend.

Sipping Grace

My mother sipped 
steeped
tender white tea leaves 
from a 24-carat gold-rimmed tea cup
that I bought on holiday. 

I wanted royalty 
to touch her lips,
still parched from those dusty years
she had languished in The Camp. 

When the rim chipped,
she spun it slowly,
and sipped a second cup
from the other side.
Originally published in One Art: A Journal of Poetry.
©2022 Kelly Sargent
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