Lisa Stice

Lisa Stice is a poet/mother/military spouse who received a BA in English literature from Mesa State College (now Colorado Mesa University) and an MFA in creative writing and literary arts from the University of Alaska Anchorage. While it is difficult to say where home is, she currently lives in North Carolina with her husband, daughter and dog. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee and the author of a poetry collection, Uniform (Aldrich Press, 2016). You can find out more about her and her publications at   lisastice.wordpress.com and facebook.com/LisaSticePoet.

Blue Girl

April is the month of the military child
of gray clouds and drizzle, days spent indoors

daily struggles and sacrifices unnoticed
drawn out in crayon on white paper

girl with a blue scribble where a face should be
floats above a house without a roof

sing out in rhyme—
where’s the white bunny?

where’s the gray fox?
wrapped up in brown tissue

asleep in a box
steadfast child whom I depend upon

whose smile I coax to help me cope
put away the crayons, it’s time for a nap