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wish that I were
a field, late summer
wish that I were
a woman picking up a fallen nest, carrying it
home in the fold of her dress
wish that I were
the bird, outside her window
the perfect ease of it, not held,
not afraid
Author’s Bio
Margaret Hanshaw is author of the chapbook Yellow Ripe (Dancing Girl Press). Her poems have appeared in New American Writing, West Branch, Verse Daily, VOLT, New
Orleans Review, Posit, Salamander, and elsewhere. She lives in Sudbury, Massachusetts, with her husband and daughter.