21 May, 2017
two chickadees burn
a path through air
from the feeder suspended
on its frozen pole, cloaked
in shade, to bare twigs
of dogwood, doused
with sun. back and forth.
taking turns. or is there
just one bird, tethered
to hunger? plunging
each time into darkness
then winging back
to light where it cracks
and chews and prepares
for the next descent.
’s most recent publications include a chapbook (Driving to Heaven, 2010), and a full length poetry collection (Growing Big, 2013). Individual poems, stories, and book reviews have also appeared in journals including Shenandoah, Wallace Stevens Journal, New York Quarterly, Cortland Review, New Hibernia Review, Ruminate, Dogwood, Briar Cliff Review, Cumberland River Review, and others. She was a Finalist for the Loft-McKnight Awards in poetry in 2014, as well as a former Pushcart nominee.