Projects 2025

By Sharon Brown

While they tear things down,

I build

miniature houses,

with little wooden chairs,

gingham curtains and tiny books

on brightly painted shelves.

My phone vibrates

with Breaking News.

I squeeze my eyes, breathe,

then gently lift a square of yellow paper

to cut and fold into tiny blossoms,

taking care not to tear

the thin and fragile tissue.

Sharon V. Brown currently lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. A retired English professor,

she writes poetry from the enriched perspective of an older woman, reflecting on loss, change

and fragility. Publications include Windfall: A Journal of Poetry of Place; The Lyric Magazine,

Amethyst Review, Lamar University Literary Press, Senior Class: Poems on Aging; Cirque

Literary Journal; and Still Points Quarterly.