– a warning label seen on a windowsill keep their ears clean of wind which like the piper’s song will draw them out they will see the sky, the trees and push through making their fingers like leaves keep child away from window they’ll live in the bushes and fatten […]
Lauren Kalstad
Lauren Kalstad is a poet and author of the children’s book To the Stars in Bumper Cars. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from New York University and currently teaches at the University of North Texas. Her poems have appeared in The Alarmist, The Coe Review, The Belleville Park Pages, and others. She lives in Dallas, TX with her husband, daughter, and dog.