Front Porch Review
A literary magazine for the young at heart and mind

swollen purple flesh
stretches limits of cotton slippers
she shuffles to the kitchen
remembers satisfying clicks of
silver patent leather heels
stilettos worn on New Year’s Eve
to swanky dinner parties at the
country club. Gams the gents eyed
flashy footwork filled her past
wincing, she soaks her feet in Epsom
reflects on the last dance

By Joanne Faries

Joanne Faries, originally from the Philadelphia area, lives in Texas with her husband Ray. Published in Doorknobs & Bodypaint, she also has poems in Silver Boomer anthologies. Joanne is the film critic for the Little Paper of San Saba. Look for her humorous memoir My Zoo World: If All Dogs Go to Heaven, Then I'm in Trouble, a story collection Wordsplash Flash and three poetry books - Wordsplash Poetry Puddle: Nature, Hazy Memory, and Tread Water on Amazon. Her e-mail address: