arrangement, Victoriana

a pleat

a curl

the lace curtains

teacups

a suite of fans

the roses and the ferns

photographs

everything blue

the bone buttons

wax fruit

glass figurines

echoes

mortal sins

Mercedes Lawry has published 3 chapbooks, including In the Early Garden With Reason, selected by Molly Peacock for the 2018 WaterSedge Prize. Her poetry has appeared in such journals as Poetry, Nimrod, and Prairie Schooner. Her work has been nominated five times for a Pushcart Prize. She’s also published short prose and stories for children.