Rosalie Robison

Urban Island

Reeds sway to jazz
hot sirocco-like background
as song riffs compete

Lone lighthouse for sale
no one wants

Dragonflies teem darting
hairpin turns

Diamond pattern on picnic 
table top makes fishnet sun 
pattern on woman's leg

Selfie stick searches
the perfect group photo

Urban Island deserted
in afternoon heat

And he doesn't dance

Rosalie Robison is a freelance published writer and former co-editor of For-the-Reader-in-Residence and former editor of Word Gazing. She resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has been writing since dawn, explore varying venues and studied at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado where she earned a B.A. in Writing. Additionally, she also earned a M.L.I.S. in librarianship and information studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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