1.

n
bakes
a cake

2.

n
arranges
candles
in
the shape
of an s

3.

n
grants
a
special
wish

4.

n
swishes
her
skirt

Nettie Farris teaches writing as an adjunct instructor, roams the grounds of Mount Saint Francis Nature Sanctuary with her dog, and hikes the Millennium Trail at Bernheim Forest. Her work has appeared in the anthologies The Dark Woods I Cross: An Anthology of Contemporary Louisville Women Poets and Bigger Than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems. She lives in Floyds Knobs, Indiana with her husband and three sons.

1.

n
wears
a hat

2.

n
wears
a wig

3.

n
wears
a
feathered
mask
with
ribbons
in
her hair

–Nettie Farris,
Communion
Accents Publishing

Nettie Farris teaches writing as an adjunct instructor, roams the grounds of Mount Saint Francis Nature Sanctuary with her dog, and hikes the Millennium Trail at Bernheim Forest. Her work has appeared in the anthologies The Dark Woods I Cross: An Anthology of Contemporary Louisville Women Poets and Bigger Than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems. She lives in Floyds Knobs, Indiana with her husband and three sons.

Nettie Farris teaches writing as an adjunct instructor, roams the grounds of Mount Saint Francis Nature Sanctuary with her dog, and hikes the Millennium Trail at Bernheim Forest. Her work has appeared in the anthologies The Dark Woods I Cross: An Anthology of Contemporary Louisville Women Poets and Bigger Than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems. She lives in Floyds Knobs, Indiana with her husband and three sons.

1.

n and s
look
at the stars

2.

s
names
the con-
stellations

3.

n tells
stories
from folk-
lore

4.

s
recites
a nursery
rhyme

5.

n
imagines
the Man
in the Moon

6.

n and s
look
at the stars

7.

n and s
look
at the stars
and the moon

–Nettie Farris,
Communion
Accents Publishing

More from Communion and Nettie Farris:

• “Communion”
• “Tactile Art”
• “Curiosity”
• An Interview with Nettie Farris
• Writing Prompt: “Favorite Letter of the Alphabet”

Nettie Farris teaches writing as an adjunct instructor, roams the grounds of Mount Saint Francis Nature Sanctuary with her dog, and hikes the Millennium Trail at Bernheim Forest. Her work has appeared in the anthologies The Dark Woods I Cross: An Anthology of Contemporary Louisville Women Poets and Bigger Than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems. She lives in Floyds Knobs, Indiana with her husband and three sons.