January 2022
Bio Note: Seems the older I get, the more nostalgic for remembering what made me become me…thinking about a rabbit foot and suddenly aware that the rabbit had lost its foot for my good luck was horrifying. I live in Wisconsin and am preparing myself for winter by dreaming about snowy owls, snow shoeing, and frozen lakes. My new book, Once Upon a Tar Creek: Mining for Voices, came out in 2021.
Pieces of Joy on a Below 0 Day
maybe on this night
turning into day
as the stars and the moon
line up like the show girls
they really are
the sun waiting entrance
on the east horizon
you believe
in signs
the universe ready to hold you
even as the temperature
drops and drops
and if you stare out long
enough
the snowy owl will return
make perfect flight
bring you tidings from way
far away
share with you
pieces of joy just
to know
the possibility of wings
on this below 0 day
even the tiny voles sacrifice
themselves to know
such beauty
©2022 Maryann Hurtt
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