In Late Summer of the Northern Hemisphere, Preparing Cherry Tomatoes by Audrey Hackett

In Late Summer of the Northern Hemisphere, Preparing Cherry Tomatoes

Little red planets
cool to touch.

Or Jupiter’s spot—
a sink of perfect storms.

Pop off stems.
The birth of
green stars.

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Audrey Hackett is a poet and editor living in Yellow Springs, Ohio. She received an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for 2022 and is a graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts. Recent poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Alba, ONE ART, Green Ink, Right Hand Pointing, and Twelve Mile Review.

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