Karen Bramblett

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Red Pane

Burnt grass
along the edge
of a park at age
three and thirty

years later, flash
of a red windowpane
on an old building,
otherwise white—

why so long
to understand
the black grass?
Why a red pane?

Karen Bramblett’s poetry has appeared in Rust & Moth, January House Literary Journal, Willows Wept Review, South Florida Poetry Journal, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from Lindenwood University and lives in Northern California with her spouse and two spoiled felines. Follow her on Bluesky @poetryeverywhere.bsky.social.