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Barbara Ellen Baldwin

Barbara Ellen Baldwin is a reviewer and vets submissions online for finely-crafted print publications. Work is forthcoming or has appeared in The Annals Of Internal Medicine, The Progressive, The Brooklyner Web, Prick of the Spindle, Blast Furnace, Poetry Northwest, Conclave, A Journal of Character and elsewhere.

Footbridge

The King Salmon imprinted
on Ryan's jacket
is open-mouthed, full-bodied,
textured and surreal.
The storm-ripped maples,
the garage-sized wagon,
the yapping Corgi,
change, in the park's
last eight minutes
of failing light.
Winter run-off
shivers the planks.
The man in Chinook-wear
fades.
The fish coat ripples.
The river rains.