Metaphors for a waxing crescent

A mammoth grub. A glazed croissant. Everything you wish had come full circle. A boat of
ghosts rerouted by Charon. The concluding parentheses you always forget to add. Hope’s rib. A
winter runner’s frosty eyelash. Your first sledding hill. One of God’s alleles. The toggle of a

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Courtney Hitson

Courtney Hitson teaches English at the College of the Florida Keys. Her poems have appeared in numerous literary journals including About Place, DMQ Review, Emerge Literary Journal, McNeese Review and others. Outside of writing, she enjoys scuba-diving, freestyle unicycling, and philosophy. Courtney and her husband, Tom (also a poet), reside in Key West, Florida with their two cats.