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Life in the Time of Corona
Writing Poetry
Charlotte Crane
Charlotte Crane is a former business editor and columnist for Pensacola News Journal and a former Northwest Florida correspondent for Florida Trend magazine. She has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in journalism from University of Wisconsin. Published works include poetry and short stories, a family memoir, a history of Pensacola Habitat for Humanity and a book of short fiction entitled The Tales of Aunt Maddy.
I write in the quiet of the twilight
Amid the tall trees of a summer day ending,
Alone but for the cat companion, licking paws.
I see the sunlight fading,
The blue-sky lights turning dark,
And I write,
For I am alone.
The birds empty their feeder,
Squirrels nestle on a high century oak,
A possum edges around the porch corner.
The golden moon emerges above,
Stars twinkle to tantalize,
And I write,
For I am alone.
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