Excerpt from "The Mingulay Boat Song"

by Ryan Murphy

 

Abrupt and foxglove. The wind scales back.
Dragonflies sprout from bow
to gunnel; bluebottles pour from every seam.

 

 

Excerpt from "Red Lilies,"

by Barbara Guest

 

The tree is you
the blanket is what warms it
snow erupts from thistle
to toe; the snow pours out of you.