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Laura A. Powers

Laura A. POWERS earned her MFA from the University of Idaho. Her chapbook, Speak, was published by Finishing Line Press. She teaches writing at Washington State University.

Between Green and Winter Fade
by Laura A. Powers

July 30, 2020 Contributed By: Laura A. Powers

Barren wheat-fields are quite exquisite in winter— just one clear night the wind slants the snow to smooth blue—another morning rises.   Clipped long to disused skis, I carve rickety tracks, like fontanelles, over and across subnivean layers where lower-animals—a  mouse, a vole— can only survive and not deliciously live such a winter as this. […]

Filed Under: Poetry Posted On: July 30, 2020

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