From tap to kettle water streamsA cart careens down snowy tracksTwo scoops of grounds, a dash of cinnamonGrinds to a halt at a little shackTiny white cubs and a polar bear emergeShe sniffs the cart…

Your "above and beyond"—the moments you liked me— were gulps of salt-tinged air satisfying my lungs between swells. A life vest of shelter, food, strep throat doctor visits bobbed my head, but only above a calm sea. I was alone during storms. Surging waves sucked me under, soaking my lungs in salt water, spinning me in disorienting spirals. And when I finally surfaced,

Your “above and beyond”—the moments you liked me— were gulps of salt-tinged air satisfying my lungs between swells. A life vest of shelter, food, strep throat doctor visits bobbed my he…

The leaves have started falling ‘round me, allyellow and brown and spotted.They pile on me where I’m sat on a logcovered in moss and rotted. As seasons will change, the wheel keeps turning.Spring t…

Crow strides along the lake shore,testing shells and debris with its beak, tossing away the misfires. A splash, water hopping against a nearby rock,startles the bird momentarily. Crow continue…