By: Suzanne S. Rancourt
northern cross
Cygnus
boat raft bridge
across the milky way of white foam
milk
milk
blood
a
mouth
is
never
too
old
to
laugh
salt in linens
smell the sun
crisp
invigorate
even when the horse flies land
drive their spikes into flesh
everybody’s got to eat
trust
falling
into
existence
abundance already here already in us it feels
that good
when fear
lets go
Ms. Rancourt, Abenaki/Huron descent, is a multi-modal artist with degrees in psychology, and creative writing. Her book, Billboard in the Clouds, Curbstone Press / 2nd print at NU Press, received the Native Writers’ Circle of the Americas First Book Award. Her 2nd, murmurs at the gate, released 2019, Unsolicited Press. Ms. Rancourt's work has been published / forthcoming in The Wrath-Bearing Tree, Free State Review, Event Magazine, Pangyrus, and more. Her work has been translated and published internationally. She is a USMC and Army Veteran. For more info, visit her website: www.expressive-arts.com