Spilled Berries, by Miranda Lynn Barnes

Raspberries, by William Mason Brown (USA) 1873.

Spilled Berries

The grass is parted here,
a small clearing of light
below the bush. 
The raspberries seem to be tumbling,
but are still;
too perfect, too real
rendered in the richness 
of oil paint,
                     too ripe.
The leaves, like a skirt, 
from above try to shadow
the gorgeous spill of berries 
                      round and open.

Miranda Lynn Barnes

Miranda Lynn Barnes is a poet from the US, now resident in the UK. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in New Welsh Reader, Tears in the Fence, Under the Radar, The Compass, The Interpreter’s House and Lighthouse Journal. Miranda taught Creative Writing for five years at Bath Spa University, where she now serves as Research Publications Librarian. She lives in Bristol, England, with her ginger cat and ginger-bearded husband.  
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