I come from sagebrush
where rattlesnakes coil
in shade away
from the mid-day sun.
I come from rocks
where chukars call
an echo across
fossilized riverbeds.
I come from immigrants
deserting Russia and England
for a trip across the Atlantic
when I would have been
seasick hung over the rail
hungry for land I now call home.
Diane Webster's work has appeared in North Dakota Quarterly, New English Review, Studio One and other literary magazines. Micro-chaps were published by Origami Poetry Project in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Diane was a featured writer in Macrame Literary Journal and WestWard Quarterly. Her website is: www.dianewebster.com
