You say sedimentary, guiding me
along the ledges, and point out
alluvial layering, where
hard and soft rocks have folded
over one another across time.

I only notice shadows
of various branches shifting
across mossy boulders
whose faces change from
amusement to chill derision.

–Barbara Sabol,
Original Ruse (2011), Accents Publishing

Barbara Sabol’s poetry and prose has appeared in Public-Republic,Blood Lotus, Poets 350, the Tupelo Press Poetry Project, Tributaries, and on the Akron Art Museum’s website. She has an MFA from Spalding University. Barbara is a long-practicing speech therapist, living in northeastern Ohio with her partner and dogs.