Friday's poem is "Sweet Silver" by TMR Language Lessons contributor Nickole Brown. http://www.storysouth.com/2013/03/sweet-silver.html

You should also take a peek at her interview as well... http://www.storysouth.com/2013/03/interview-with-nickole-brown.html

Nickole Brown graduated from the M.F.A. Program for Creative Writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts in January 2003. She graduated summa cum laude from University of Louisville, studied English Literature at Oxford University as an English Speaking Union Scholar, and was the editorial assistant for the late Hunter S. Thompson in 1997. Her debut collection of poetry, Sister, was published by Red Hen Press. Currently, Nickole lives in Little Rock, AR, where she is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Arkansas.