Thanksgiving Poetry Contest: The Golden Guinea, Felicity Teague

Felicity Teague features regularly in The HyperTextsSnakeskin, and elsewhere. Her second collection, Interruptus: A Poetry Year, is forthcoming in 2025.

The Golden Guinea

She squeaks and leaps in autumn air
beneath the Gala apple tree,
the sun upon her golden hair,

then stops awhile to sit and stare
before another glad Whee-hee!
She squeaks and leaps in autumn air

of windblown apple, plum and pear
and music of the bumbling bee,
the sun upon her golden hair,

and sniffs towards the crop-rows, where
there’s ryegrass growing fresh for tea.
She squeaks and leaps in autumn air,

as I provide some snacks to share;
she eats her apple boats with glee,
the sun upon her golden hair.

I smile and watch her from my chair,
with thankfulness for all I see:
she squeaks and leaps in autumn air,
the sun upon her golden hair.

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