EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARD: Bringing some of my favorite previously-published poetry back to the front page.
Poetry by Tara Labovich
in bare feet
sliding over black leaves left slick
by winter. in the last flicker of spring
sun before the rains come.
as the water glides down
goosebumped skin—
my second baptism.
About the Poet
Tara Labovich is a graduate of the Colorado College Creative Writing track. She works as a poetry and genre editor at the Hairstreak Butterfly Review and has published several poems and pieces of prose in publications such as Ink in Thirds, Cipher Magazine, leviathan, and Owl Tree Press.
Vita Brevis Press. 
I’m so glad to see this poem as an Editor’s Choice. Beautifully conceived and written.
Nice job, Tara. Missed it the first time around. Glad I caught your gem this time.
Lovely imagery