Janet Krauss

A Light Breeze in August

Not Botticelli’s zephyr about to lift
 
away the nymph who morphs
 
into the presence of summer
 
 but a light breeze that trills
 
over pebbles bathed
 
in the flow of clear water
 
that knows the way to its source
 
like a child, knees flashing
 
in the sun as she runs
 
to jump into the basket
 
of her mother’s arms.
 

Janet Krauss, after retirement from teaching English at Fairfield University, continues to mentor students,  lead a poetry discussion at the Wilton Library, participate in a CT. Poetry Society Workshop and two poetry groups.  She has two books of poetry : Borrowed Scenery(Yuganta Press) and Through the Trees of Autumn( Spartina Press).