By Carol Barrett
Twelve ounces coffee
with skim milk, not whole, then walk
forty minutes flat
Mornings, try the scale
A poet knows less is more
Think leaves, autumn’s drop
Carol Barrett’s poetry has been published in magazines in the U.S., Canada, Britain, Israel, Germany and the Virgin Islands. Her third poetry volume was released in February (Reading Wind, from The Poetry Box). These poems were inspired by the poet’s father, a country doctor, who was also a farmer and musician.