As Night Stills
Jennifer Smith
an erasure poem from "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by: Clement Clarke Moore
The house creaks,
then nestles, settles
on winter’s lawn,
a rose, late
to ray the window,
reopens sash.
Moon o're snow
lusters moments
called by name.
dash away wild,
the obstacle sky.
turn tarnish to
twinkle in white
circled wreath.
"I dread not
darkness,"
exclaims night.
Jennifer Smith
Jennifer Susan Smith, a retired speech-language pathologist, resides in Northwest Georgia. Her work appears in The Mildred Haun Review, Appalachia Bare, and Troublesome Rising Digital Anthology, among others. Jennifer's poetry appears in Sunflowers Rising: Poems for Peace Anthology. She holds membership in Chattanooga Writers' Guild, Poetry Society of Tennessee, and Georgia Poetry Society, and is chairman of Alpha Delta Kappa Pages and Pearls Book Club. Jennifer earned a Master of Science Degree in Communicative Disorders from University of Alabama, an Educational Specialist Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Lincoln Memorial University, and a Creative Writing Certificate from Kennesaw State University.