Friends of Judy
Friends of Judy:
Cinquains
By Adelaide Crapsey
Surreal illustration of four raised hands reaching toward a glowing circle, with plant silhouettes and golden tones inside the circle and a muted green-blue background outside it.
Amaze

I know
Not these my hands
And yet I think there was
A woman like me once had hands
Like these.

Illustration of a Viking warrior with a horned helmet and fur-lined armor sitting at a desk, holding a pen and thinking over an open notebook, set against a warm yellow background.
November night

Listen…
With faint dry sound,
Like steps of passing ghosts,
The leaves, frost-crisp’d, break from the trees
And fall.

Vintage-style portrait of a woman in red looking suspiciously over her shoulder, flanked by two stern older men in suits, with a faded beige and teal color scheme.
Susanna and the Elders

“Why do
You thus devise
Evil against her?” “For that
She is beautiful, delicate;
Therefore.”

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