Afresh How patiently my young son sat, who knew he might be scolded, having torn his hat. And were his flaming cheeks a residue of shame for harrying our backyard cat? I didn’t ask, just had the rascal pose right then in rumpled clothes–his little face in dappled sunlight like a shadowed rose. And as I worked, I hoped the marketplace would see the same appeal I could perceive. My portrait sales of late had dropped away. With seven children, I needed to achieve success–to find a fresh approach. Portraying winsome innocence in a girl or boy would pay me twice. My dividend was joy. Barbara Lydecker Crane Barbara Lydecker Crane, a finalist for the 2017 and the 2019 Rattle Poetry Prize, has won awards from the Maria Faust Sonnet Contest, the Helen Schaible Sonnet Contest, and others. She has published three chapbooks: Zero Gravitas (White Violet Press, 2012), Alphabetricks (Daffydowndilly Press, 2013), and BackWords Logic (Local Gems Press, 2017). Her poems have appeared in Ekphrastic Review, First Things, Light, Lighten-Up-Online, Measure, Rattle, Think, Writer’s Almanac, and several anthologies. She is also an artist.
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