I’ve been stuck in the house like a word stuck in the mouth. Months of the pandemic, and I need to get out, be somewhere else than my four walls feeling lonely. I’ve been good so far. I hope no one judges me. My car stuck in the drive way; its windows dusty, its tires […]
Heather Frankland
Heather D. Frankland holds both an MFA and a MPH from New Mexico State University and a BA from Knox College. She was a Peace Corps and Peace Corps Response Volunteer in Peru and Panama. She has been published in the ROAR, Plane Tree Journal, Sin Fronteras Press, Sweet Lit, Slippery Elm Literary Journal, and others. Her poetry chapbook, “Midwest Musings,” will be published by Finishing Line Press in Fall 2023. Originally from Muncie, Indiana, she currently lives in Silver City, NM.
Muted Roots
Do snapdragons winter well? Their bright trumpet mouths transform to thin paper and sacks of seeds that may or may not reproduce. Their green leaves wither a dull-green-brown. I want them to climb tall, to catch the sunlight and bring it back down. Do apricot saplings winter well? The one I planted turned brown; it […]