The muses at the front of the class dream life begins beyond the frost-starred windows. Trudging home to sunset bell in boot-crunching snow and cows spill in to fill corrals and home is far across the yard till horses stabled and watered and alone in the manger prairie girls glow by the light by the […]
The rain abates, the air left dank and sweet with spruce breath. Madid moss in the ditch holds the imprint of hooves. Anne’s finger becomes a baton, tipping its point to each wildflower that she spots. She chants their names, an incantation of gratitude for the end of the rain. Phyl is deaf to this […]
an hour before sunset dogwalkers lope out the Weaslehead as I run in my shadow plows the advancing path last spider of the year scoots for cover shivers of feathers in poplars puff and chip air musty with willow tints of dust necks straining, stretched three determined ducks pull last light over the river four […]
