January Gems
By Ellie Bates
Night
black velvet sky
wears
crescent pearl
necklace
Morning
flakes
of chalcedony
veils
dress the fields
of fallen snow
Ellie Bates lives year-round in Edgartown, and is a member of the MV Poets’ Collective and the Cleaveland House Poets. Her recent chapbook,“Seasonal Wonderings: Poems for Summer Fall Winter Spring,” was published last year by Kelsay Books.
Poets with a connection to Martha’s Vineyard are encouraged to submit poems to curator Laura Roosevelt at ldroosevelt@gmail.com.