hope flies on silent wings she has had enough of this place you rub your thumb across sun-warmed obsidian swipe a swathe of dust from the arrowhead’s glowering face this is your only warning despair boils over the ridgeline storm wool carded in gleaming spines of prickly pear melting reduced to vascular mesh in the […]
Linea Jantz
Linea Jantz has worked in a wide range of roles over the years including waste management, medical records, paralegal, and teacher. Her writing is featured in publications including The Greyhound Journal, Beaver Magazine, Unbroken, The Dyrt Magazine, and EcoTheo Review. Her poetry was featured in the ARS POETICA juried art exhibit at Blowing Rock Art & History Museum and has received a nomination for Best of Net. She has been a presenter for the Poetry Moment for Spokane Public Radio and is the current Writing the Land Poet for the Sunnyside-Snake River Wildlife Area.
Places I Have Cried for You
-1- The mountain hides Wrapped by the storm that Presses cool kisses to my temples Unleashes a tide of snow To blanket the sleeping Earth I watch snow dust the feathers Of geese floating calm water They call to each other Remember how before the night came The mud gave Soft beneath webbed feet Sparkled […]