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27 April 2021 | NPM | “Territory”

April 27, 2021 By Natalia Corres

by Anna Marco

Catfight
With a wild rose
Both of us
Torn and tattered
Bleeding
Scarlet Red  
Thick as velvet


Anna Marco was born into theatrical heritage, gifted in creative writing and majored in Media. Her professional writing career spans 30 years. She is an internationally published author to 6 books and 800 magazine articles. She won the Los Angeles Valley College Poetry Contest for “The Lemon Tree.”

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: April National Poetry Month, NPM

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