In Darkness by Nancy Cherry

In Darkness by Nancy Cherry

Art: Vera Fonseka, @verafonsekaart IN DARKNESS Before moonrise, before the trail, before I begin the climb, I stop beside a dacha hovering at the shore and watch shadows cross Tomales Bay as the sun falls. Mud hens stitch paths on the water as frogs begin their litany...
Elephant Seal by Nancy Cherry

Elephant Seal by Nancy Cherry

Art: Astrid Echle, @astridechle ELEPHANT SEAL I’m a barrel in the sea. I roll in joy—tide in, tide out, I land always where I go. I lap and clap my flippers up the day and down to smooth the edges, then slow back into cold, or slip heat into the air I share....
Kiamichi River Dam by Robert Ferrier

Kiamichi River Dam by Robert Ferrier

Art: Jessie Hall, @catcrimson KIAMICHI RIVER DAM What draws us to its roar spewing the push of a hundred-year flood? Rowed plumes spray down to mist splash to eddies and swirls anglers in boats at safer distance casting lines for tailrace stripers swimming fin-to- fin...
Z by Lara Candland

Z by Lara Candland

Art: Miasmic by Pamela Habing, @pamelahabingart   Art: Marie Dashkova @melodyphoto, Moscow, Russia. mariedashkova.com About the author: Lara Candland’s pamphlet Tongue Child, was published in the Palanquin/TDM series at the University of South Carolina/Aiken, and...