Robin Turner

O rain

All but the page number, 97, and six of the words on an old cream-colored book page have been obscured by white liquid paper correction tape. Affixed to the bottom right edge of the page is an illustration of a large hydrangea blossom in black, white, and soft green.

The words that remain unobscured read:

O
rain
rain

r i v e r
us
on — Source text: The Hidden Staircase, from the old Nancy Drew Mystery Stories Series, circa 1959, Grosset & Dunlap.

Robin Turner makes poems and poem-like things in Dallas. Her chapbooks: bindweed & crow poison (Porkbelly Press) and Elegy with Clouds & (Kelsay Books). Recent work appears in Anacapa Review, Unlost, and Pithead Chapel. She is a teaching artist currently working with writers from the Cancer Support Community of North Texas.