July 10, 2024 - “Bird Sanctuary” by Ingrid Jacobsen

Jul 10

We walk some wetland, reedy, spread by the

unspeaking engineer, whose plans are

oft trampled on, here trace printed paths

and tiny signs enjoining us to step

not off them, the typeface worn away by order

of content, straight-faced, tight-lipped, all-caped,

piping plover nesting here keep out please

pedestrian Keep Outs are less personal

so many are so private, so many

want to keep out that it’s a spinner on

the rack, all around the country the same

sign hangs on spindled wood fences,

forefather trees, mixed metal, rust.

Here, part timers at either end of a

scientist’s decision mark the split of

two environments, cleaving their claim to

protect, bipeds bisect avians with

a pillar of the hammered word

Ingrid Jacobsen will be reading at the following events:

Sunday, July 14 at 2pm (Beckett Stage) and 4:30pm (Blackbird Stage)

Verses & Vinyl reading
Tues, Aug 20, 8pm

All Blues, 87 Walker St

July 11, 2024 - “Shade Part I” by Kyrsten Jensen