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

I’m a bit behind
on matters less important than
the fact that my caress
is met with scarlet cheeks
or morning’s first hello
begets disease ‒ legs
you expect to move
struck lifeless
not from neglect,
but from the fact
a pair of aces
cannot save you
from ascending
to the sky,
and I might not
have the chance
to say goodbye.

By Laurie Kolp

Laurie Kolp,author of Upon the Blue Couch (Winter Goose Publishing, 2014) and Hello, It’s Your Mother (Finishing Line Press, upcoming) serves as president of Texas Gulf Coast Writers and belongs to the Poetry Society of Texas. Laurie’s poems have appeared in more than four dozen publications including the 2015 Poet’s Market, The Crafty Poet, Scissors & Spackle, Blue Fifth Review, Pirene’s Fountain. An avid runner and lover of nature, Laurie lives in Southeast Texas with her husband, three children and two dogs. Her e-mail address: