The morning we left for Catalina the clouds were gray with doubt. I stared at the surface of the sea and faded into nausea until relief came when I coughed to make myself throw up. When we arrived at the shore the sky turned blue with possibility. I watched our children play in wet sand […]
Natalie Marino
Natalie Marino is a poet and practicing physician. Her work appears in Pleiades, Rust & Moth, Salt Hill, South Florida Poetry Journal and elsewhere. She is the author of the chapbook Under Memories of Stars (Finishing Line Press, 2023). She lives in California. You can find her online at nataliemarino.com or on Instagram @natalie_marino.