pulling off
your longjohns—
sparks

thoughts of moving home
a single leaf
floats to the ground

Andrea Earnest Bierman
Emily Evans
Gordon Gilmore
Rebecca Ives
Sean Lee
Glenna McKenzie
Josh Paramenter
Christina Reed
Alyssa Thompson

grass-stained knees
he picks a dandelion
for her bouquet

lattice-lines
form a
phone-work

lecture hall . . .
my hangnail becomes
more interesting

a beautiful
moment—
placenta

cold night
sisters share the bed
three across

muddy tracks
     —father's tales of whitetails
 

snowy night
friends talk and talk
in a running truck

a weed flourishes
choking
its neighbor
 

               pansies
               reclaim their territory ...
e                       y                           r
       v          r            w             e          e
             e                         h
 

first winter snow
the mirror I look into
shows my mother’s face

her grandmother’s teacup
the sun shines through
a crack