Landscape of Unexplored Feelings
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The Lake of Sorrow would overflow ifall who wanted to go under this yeardove in. And if we wandered into thisUnsettled Forest, how many of uswould hug a hawthorn and say, Yes, this isin the root of me, where limbs hang withuncertain berries; let’s place them underour tongues. Who knew there was so much we couldhesitate over, to worry and fret,we’re frightened because someone said the vinessting, the weeds are poison. Now to RestlessRiver or Apprehensive Canyon where faithechoes like an endangered bird we triedto wound for its feathers, kill for its song. [End Page 59]
Kelli Russell Agodon’s most recent book, Hourglass Museum (White Pine Press), was a finalist for the Washington State Book Awards and was shortlisted for the Julie Suk Prize in Poetry. Her other books include The Daily Poet: Day-by-Day Prompts for Your Writing Practice and Letters from the Emily Dickinson Room, winner of the Foreword Book of the Year Prize for poetry and a Washington State Book Award finalist. Kelli is the cofounder of Two Sylvias Press, where she works as an editor and book cover designer. Visit www.agodon.com and www.twosylviaspress.com.
