anapoetics

A new poem at The Night Heron Barks

I am so pleased have a new poem included in the Fall 2020 season of The Night Heron Barks.  This poem began during the 2019 Napa Valley Writers' Conference, when I had the distinct privilege of being in Eavan Boland's workshop.  Her feedback lives in the final version.  Thanks to my workshop mates, and to another teacher, Jeanine Walker, who has been helping me grapple with when a poem is "done."  Finally, thanks to the editorial staff at The Night Heron Barks for presenting the poem so beautifully.

• "An Oral History of the Last Earthquake in the San Joaquin"

howe plath

When they brayed for joy
Into the gray industrial clouds
And the cows replied
Like balloons deflating into moos
(Fanny Howe)

.... you try
Your handful of notes;
The clear vowels rise like balloons.
(Sylvia Plath)