Second Coming No. 6 – Jan. 25, 2025
A poem-a-day series in creative response to the threat posed to our democracy by the current presidential administration
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Kathryn D. Temple
Rising
I am waiting for high tide
the dock under water, one bird against a blue sky
a mission, take the straight line home
to put the trash on the curb, it’s an ordinary Sunday
without benediction
a crow peers in the window, turns to talk to another,
a black feather floats, sails on a rising current,
I hear the cricket in the basement, chirrup,
and the water is rising
Kathryn D. Temple is an English professor at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Her poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction have appeared in Streetlight, Metaworker, The Examined Life, Delmarva Review, and 3Elements, among others. She is the author of two academic books on law and emotions and many academic journal articles.
Indolent Books and editor Michael Broder are back with another poem-a-day series as a creative response to the threat posed to our democracy by the current presidential administration. The plan is to continue for all 1460 days of the 47th American presidency.
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