Golden Berries About the Author
I said, Tonight.
I said, Soon.
I said, The day will end.
I said, In the opening scene I am
a sugar-stained child of nine or ten,
uchuvas slowly ripening, sour
sweetness touching my tongue.
I said, Tomorrow.
I said, Soon after.
I said, The night will end.
I said, In the closing scene,
inhaling the sound of the sea,
a summer dress worn too late,
I am a husk of yellow-orange.
Laine Derr has published interviews with Carl Phillips, Ross Gay, Ted Kooser, and Robert Pinsky. Work has appeared or is forthcoming from LIT Magazine, J Journal, The Amistad, Full Bleed + The Phillips Collection, ZYZZYVA, Portland Review, Prairie Schooner, Chapter House, and elsewhere.