Who will measure 
	the ream of sky 
		wherein the heron 
has yet to fly? 

Crescent moon at sunrise (photograph, 10 December 2023)

Copyrighted © by Guy Biederman. All rights reserved.
Reproduced here with his permission.

Margaret Koger

is a Lascaux Poetry Prize finalist living near the Boise River. After attending Boise State University, she taught English and served briefly as a Poet in the Schools. Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment, she was able to study the interplay of nature and the economy during the settlement of the American West, an experience that continues to inform her writing. She is the author of What These Hands Remember (Kelsay Books, 2022), and her poems have appeared in numerous print and online journals. If Seasons Were Kingdoms is forthcoming in 2024 from Fernwood Press.

Guy Biederman

A former peace corps volunteer, gardener, and college creative-writing instructor, Guy lives on a houseboat near San Francisco with his wife and salty cat, and walks the planks daily. He is the author of six books, including Translated from the Original: One-Inch Punch Fiction (Nomadic Press, 2022), Nova Nights (Nomadic Press, 2021), Edible Grace (KYSO Flash Press, 2019), and Soundings & Fathoms (Finishing Line Press).

Find more of Guy’s photographs at his blog: This Day Afloat: Reflections of Life on the Water