unsure why
she’s still alive
my mother tries
to imagine
her death
the missing peace
::
her possible pasts
keep her awake
calling out
to be re-membered
embodied at last
to walk this earth
::
over her head
a rush of air—
angling away
the wide
angel wings
of an owl
lives in the Mojave Desert. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals, including
Spillway, Crab Creek Review, Apercus, Askew, San Pedro River Review, Mojave River
Review, The Coil, and Split Rock Review, among others. Her work has been
nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize. She is the author of nine poetry
collections and co-editor of the anthology A Bird Black As the Sun: California
Poets on Crows & Ravens.
Author’s website: www.cynthiaandersonpoet.com
