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Caught Along The Veins Of A Sugar Maple
She sat along the horizontal planks staring up deep into the golden fringes waiting, expecting the wind to answer. Each day mimicked the next A routine walk, Same familiar yard growing a tree she claimed her own. Hours passed in the fibers of her speaking loudly to the core of branches overseeing her presence. She can’t remember the girl who grew up there but clings to the helicopters that drift each Fall, hoping they’ll remember her. ©Courtney Elmlinger |
| Courtney Elmlinger was raised in the village of Milan, Ohio. She received an Associates degree in Science and a Bachelor of Liberal Studies. She's a stay at home mom to her eight month old son. Aside from writing, her and her husband enjoy being nature's eye, photographing life as it brushes their side. Butterfly enthusiasts, as they are, they raise and release butterflies each summer. |