for Jeff, with a line by Joseph von Eichendorff You say you think your last words will be a poem. That your last exhalation will be a final musing about old men and small towns, some syllable offered in praise of the dogwood or the river, a phrase unfinished, unpolished, one […]
Erika Takacs
Erika Takacs is an Episcopal priest, teacher, musician, and poet originally from Wilmington, Delaware. Her writing has been published in Earth & Altar, The Christian Century, and Braided Way. Outside of her work and her family, her three great loves are the music of J.S. Bach, books, and baseball. She currently resides in North Carolina, where she and her husband serve at the pleasure of their very spoiled beagle.