Return to the Garden (Dedicated to Joni Mitchell)
apple trees are under the sky but need a roof Eve needs sky pear trees are soiled but need a linoleum floor Adam needs soil cherry trees are in open space but need walls Jack needs open space banana trees have sap but need blood Jill needs sap move the orchard inside the house return all humans under the sky Bio: Robert Fleming lives in Lewes, DE. Published in United States, Canada, and Australia. Member of the Rehoboth Beach, Eastern Shore, and Horror Writer’s Association. 2022 winner of San Gabriel Valley CA broadside-1 poem, 2021 winner of Best of Mad Swirl poetry and nominated for Pushcart Prize by Ethel Zine and FailBetter and double nominated for best of the net by Devil’s Party Press. Follow Robert at https://www.facebook.com/robert.fleming.5030 .
Fevers of the Mind 