midwest ballad | Eva Brooks
HYBRID
7/5/20261 min read
wilting-paper mache-sidewalks. snubbed-dandelions verdant-grass. splashing-feet blurring-puddles running-streams indented-pavement thundering-raindrops huddling-women. easy-laughing humid-walls balmy-aircondition. bruising-tattoo polite-condolences. rickety-stairs wailing-siren refreshing-shower sticky-sweat cooling-wind startled-tornado. coffee-talk internal-qualm pondering-silence. unconcerned-words. ripped-sky parting-clouds musky-dirt vibrant-smell seeping-sunshine singing-birds sprinting-beaver. spring-air renewing-peace cheery-goodbye confident-walk confident-taste. dreaming-mind. bursting-joy. brilliant-warning.
Eva Brooks is a writer from Lombard, Illinois currently living in Iowa City, Iowa. She has poetry published in After Hours and Wild Hyacinth magazine.