Regular Ground

Pumpkin lark in the nursery, dolls

withheld in nude canvas like

persimmons in paper, it’s true

the cupful afternoon lessens

the crush of

what is written, it’s hot

on the lawn’s tray, its noise

of movements through moral leaves,

box of jam pie.

Heed the rag of

time, calm pool of birds

docking on the dirt world.

Kimberly Lambright is the author of the full-length poetry collection, Ultra-Cabin (42 Miles Press, 2016), which won the 42 Miles Press Poetry Award and was named a SPD-Recommends Book Choice. Lambright is a MacDowell Colony fellow; recent work appears in Phoebe, OAR, Columbia Poetry Review, ZYZZYVA, Sink Review, Bone Bouquet, The Boiler, Wicked Alice, Burningword Literary Journal, Big Bridge, Little Patuxent Review, Burnside Review, and elsewhere. She lives in Brooklyn. Find her at kimberlylambright.com.