Kimberly Vargas Agnese

Embroidery


Two Mademoiselles

 sit side by side

 in the tip top of myrtles outside my window

their skirts bunch full above old brown limbs

and little birds know embroidery becomes them 

see how they pull sunlit threads through aging branches

a bit of summer sun peeks around the corner

a grey cloud lifts his hat to the pair

while inchworms stare at

the hoop of blue which stretches ’round about the sky

which somehow holds feathers on patchwork 

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Published by Kimberly Vargas Agnese

My name is Kimberly Vargas Agnese, though I've previously written as Kae Bucher. I was born in the Florida Keys, but grew up in the Bay Area before migrating south to the San Joaquin Valley. As I ride barefoot around Fresno, I consider the paths I've chosen and the crossroads where our country seems to have perched itself. Thanks to my Romani ancestry, many people groups reside within me and my poetry tends to reflect this. I love welcoming the sunrise with my Native American flute. I've been rumored to juggle while teaching students how to write. And if you can't find me, I'm probably hanging out with Jesus listening to parables.

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