Megan Kaminski
North
Pursed lips snap shut fastened against iron conspirators
From the north port we watch people ferried to the next
Inch of dawn extinguished in a silver streak
With solemn precision no place to no place
Little light mummers stir blades and hushed directions
We saw Culture and although she was the brightest by far
The visible struck circling aster blankets with snow
We are unsure how she made it
Shades drawn tight half full with murmurs
Megan Kaminski is the author of the chapbook Across Soft Ruins
(Scantily Clad Press, 2009). Her poetry has been nominated for a
Pushcart Prize and is published in Coconut, Denver Quarterly, Phoebe, 6x6,
Third Coast, and other fine journals. She lives in Lawrence, KS, where she
teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Kansas.
www.megankaminski.com