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Vibrant
Deborrah Corr
My daughter is still dead
on this day
when I lift a petal
from the sidewalk
and try to locate the flower
from which it fell. I don’t know
how to say
its color—a red so deep
it purples then pinks
toward its tip that looks dipped
in white ink.
I stroke its velvet skin,
keep it clutched
between my fingers,
because
how can the world let go
of a vibrancy like this.
Deborrah Corr is the author of the chapbook Naked Rib (Finishing Line Press). Her poems have appeared or will be appearing in many journals including The Penn Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, Booth, Passager, Rust and Moth, Catamaran, The McNeese Review, Painted Pebble, and several others. She has received honorable mentions from both Connecticut River Review and Streetlight Magazine 2024 contests.