grandfather’s roses
a spot growing
on each leaf
*
family barbeque
teenager texts
from a separate bench
*
wedding in the park
only half
a string quartet
*
dishwasher can’t clean
the lipstick from the glass
things you left behind
*
garden bare of flowers
one curling leaf
*
poems by Jonathan Hadwen
photograph by Cindy Keong
at the edge of
the rose bed
lavender stalks
*
roses in full bloom
the bride sucks
in her belly
*
crowded park
two plover’s
clear a space
*
play date
dogs teach their owners
how to fetch
*
blisters of burnt paint
the summerhouse gone
*
photograph & poems by Cindy Keong
