The debutantes are like doves
By Charlotte Foreman
when you were born / in a passive red sluice some hot providence asked the palms to move Heaven’s ferns peeled back / to give you an orange from the groves of Orlando / light flooded the tidal marshes / in a place south-er than south / afternoon sun presses through Spanish moss / I don heels from Kohl’s / a baby blue dress / become a woman in the community center / all these lives around me
Charlotte Foreman is a writer and educator in Davie, Florida. She received her B.A. in Written Arts from Bard College in 2020. She is the English editor-in-chief of the international cultural criticism magazine The Swings and is currently completing a 200-hour yoga instructor training. Her work has previously been included in Yew! Magazine and Waterproof: Evidence of a Miami Worth Remembering, published by Jai Alai Books.
**We do our best to preserve the integrity of each poem; however, due to programming limitations, some poems may read differently on a mobile phone and in certain browsers. For best viewing, use Chrome on a desktop/laptop.