texas dreamscape

Sister Lou Ella Hickman

June 8, 2025

            inner space

            discovery for the first time

            now named awe

            everything is dark:

            the acre of water lilies edge to the right

            the tall pines spire along the shore

            the surface still as sleep

            i look across the lake

            a picture

            at night

Sister Lou Ella Hickman, OVISS is a former teacher and librarian whose writings have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Press 53 published her first book of poetry in 2015 entitled she: robed and wordless. She was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2017 and in 2020.