In the rutty clatter of the
Narrows: Rattlesnake Island
our stumbling cusses echoed in
crumpled cliffs
a knotted clot of
sand scurf
Cambrian bones
shell teeth scattered by the
left hook
of unsigned eons
The old honeylocust
galled & cankered
beckons at
a bend in Panther Creek
thorn clusters
aging red
Seth Copeland is the founding editor of the text/image archive petrichor. His poems have appeared in Kestrel, Yes Poetry, Heavy Feather Review, and Dream Pop, among others. Originally from Oklahoma, Seth currently teaches and studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
