DIMINISHING WIND
by Kersten Christianson
Drunk corvidae
shake the branches
of the mountain
ash: teeter, stretch,
devour fermented
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fruit. In this day's
ascending light,
the silhouette
of a single
raven balanced
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in the alder.
This is how you
create the wind;
this is how you
ride it.
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NEBULA
by Kersten Christianson
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Welcome to Planet Loneliness!
Among wordless, still craters
you float without gravity
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from one aimless task to another:
Scrub, file, sweep. Nearly a year
since orbiting into dark matter
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borders remain undefined.
Eyes well-adjusted to nightfall,
newly opened to the world.
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There are tears, but they could
be the brittle glimmer of stars,
the flash of the Milky Way.
ABOUT KERSTEN
Kersten Christianson is a raven-watching, moon-gazing, Alaskan. When not exploring the summer lands and dark winter of the Yukon, she lives in Sitka, Alaska. Kersten is the author of two books of poetry: What Caught Raven’s Eye (Petroglyph Press, 2018) and Something Yet to Be Named (Aldrich Press, 2017). She is the poetry editor of the quarterly journal, Alaska Women Speak, and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Alaska Anchorage. www.kerstenchristianson.com