Promenade
By Annette Gagliardi
Another day of drizzle
soaks into the soil
to feed wildflowers hiding
in the loam – resting there
in deep slumber.
Soon they will nudge
each other, stretch and
climb to the surface,
snatching nutrients
along the steps to
emerging, giving birth
to a new season
of possibilities.
Named Poet Laureate for the League of Minnesota Poets, 2025 to 2027, Annette Gagliardi has poetry in over fifty anthologies; has work published in several magazines online and in-print since the 1980’s. Ponderosa Pines: Days of the Deadwood Forest Fire won the PenCraft award for literary Excellence. Her first poetry book, A Short Supply of Viability was published in 2022 through the Poetry Box. Her chapbook, titled: Caffeinated, published through the Island of Wak-Wak has won the Literary Titan Gold Book Award for 2024 and an International Impact Best Book Award in April of 2025. She has just won the John C. Rezmerski manuscript award, for her book, Benevolence which will launch in April of 2026. website: https://Annette-gagliardi.com