The pinecone shows its sturdy scales in perfect formation. The generations of my people who strolled to the forest to plan their futures, to tap the pines for their sap to make tar paper roofs for their humble pine-planked shacks. The pines give life. They outlast the people, my people, my grandfather, who once lived […]
Barbara Krasner
Barbara Krasner is the author of three poetry chapbooks, including the ekphrastic Poems of the Winter Palace (Bottlecap Press, 2025) and a forthcoming ekphrastic poetry collection, The Night Watch (Kelsay Books). Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Nimrod, Cimarron Review, Tupelo Quarterly, and elsewhere. A multiple Pushcart Prize nominee, she lives and teaches in New Jersey.