First, the chisel
toe of a boot turned the mud.
Then, at the edge
a winter rose cracked
the lawn. Face coated
in salt.
To measure out
the distance
between mist
and river was the same
as the hard work
of lifting stones …
Poem, in its entirety, is available in the printed version of the current issue.
Bio:
Natalie Rice is the author of the poetry collection Scorch (Gaspereau Press, 2023) and of the chapbook 26 Visions of Light (Gaspereau Press, 2020). Her poems have appeared in the Trumpeter, EVENT, the Dalhousie Review, the Malahat Review, Contemporary Verse 2, and Terrain.org, among other publications. She lives in Nova Scotia.