The stew splashed
as the wind stirred
the lightning-warmed
broth…
such a sight to see
at the beginning.
The new cook in the kitchen
took a sip and grinned…
This is good.
Lynette G. Esposito, MA Rutgers, has been published in Poetry Quarterly, North of Oxford, Twin Decades, Remembered Arts, Reader’s Digest, US1, and others. She was married to Attilio Esposito and lives with eight rescued muses in Southern New Jersey.