Barbara Sabol

Stopping on a Dime

She is always there, at the turn into the shopping center, no matter the season, the weather. And the light always seems to shift from amber to red just as I reach that corner. In my side view, I watch her hitch a ragged cardboard sign higher while she paces the sidewalk, scanning the line  of drivers en route to the shoe store, the grocery. I couldn’t tell you the color of her eyes.

mattress store sign
a sparrow nests
in the crook of an S

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About the Author

Barbara Sabol’s fifth collection, core & all: haiku and senryu, was published by Bird Dog Press in 2022. She is the associate editor of the poetry journal Sheila-Na-Gig online. Barbara’s awards include an Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council. She conducts poetry workshops through Literary Cleveland. Barbara lives in Akron, OH, with her husband and wonder dogs.

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