December, late afternoon, dusting of snow, I
stand on the soft shoulder of the two-lane
road, with my back to the sun’s buttery light
that stretches my shadow’s silhouette in-
to a looming cutout of myself, lying
on the frozen grass, looking up at
a peerless sky.
M.J. Iuppa’s fifth full-length poetry collection The Weight of Air is forthcoming from Kelsay Books in May of 2022. For the past 33 years, she has lived on a small farm near the shores of Lake Ontario. Check out her blog: mjiuppa.blogspot.com for her musings on writing, sustainability and life’s stew.
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