by Laine Derr
I live in a landscape
where people say –
I winter in X.
I summer in Y.
They ask if I know
who I am or where
I’m from or what I
do on cloudy days?
In snow, I ask limbs
if they are too lonely.
In heat, I ask spines
if I can shade w/ them.
Yes, I know the Y of X.
Laine Derr holds an MFA from Northern Arizona University and has published interviews with Carl Phillips, Ross Gay, Ted Kooser, and Robert Pinsky. Recent work has appeared or is forthcoming from Full Bleed + The Phillips Collection, ZYZZYVA, Portland Review, Chapter House, and elsewhere.
Emerge Literary Journal 