Issue #54


Authors

Muck

Nadine Waggoner

all this muck

is why I

need a poem

 

all this muck

is why I

can’t write one

 

all this muck

is where the

poem will meet me,

 

sun-burnt,

            mud-splattered,

                         bug-bit,

                                     sweat-slicked,

                                                   sore, tussled,

                                                                 dragged, dusted

                                                                              heart-quickened,

                                                                                            breathless, anxious,

 

 

— and lost


Nadine Waggoner
Nadine Waggoner

Nadine Waggoner is a poet-historian and a senior at Western Washington University double-majoring in English and History. She owes her passion for writing and understanding the world to her supportive parents who regularly endure long rambles about the pandemic, the economy, politics, gender, and climate change. She aspires to reach a level of coherence in these topics that would allow her to participate in imagining and building a kinder human future. Nadine would like to thank her family for their creativity, enthusiasm, and patience. 

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