Hillary Lyon
Unpacking
chips in the fine china plates
cracks in the delicate cups
roses and peonies once
hand-painted curled and blossomed
into faces now faded though
the light still shines through
the ghost of your grandmother
smiling in a shower of dust-motes
Bio
Since founding Subsynchronous Press in 2000 (in Tucson, AZ), Hillary Lyon has acted as editor for its two small-press poetry journals, The Laughing Dog, and Veil: Journal of Darker Musings. Her work has appeared recently in Red River Review, Shadow Train, From the Depths, and Eternal Haunted Summer. She lives in southern Arizona.