Field Trip by Martha Christina

1
In the near field
three spring lambs
jump the bordering
stone wall, eagerly
and easily, into the
lane lined with daffodils.

2
First-graders
and their mothers,
lambs,
and their mothers,
all bleating.



Martha Christina has published two collections: Staying Found (Fleur-de-lis Press) and Against Detachment (Pecan Grove Press). Her work appears in earlier issues of Red Eft Review, and recently in Star 82 Review, Crab Orchard Review, and Tiny Seed Journal’s Pollinator Project. Born and raised in Indiana, she now lives in Bristol, Rhode Island.