“But embers don’t care who goes or stays. They fire up blueberries/and coyote brush, traumatizing elk/deer/hawks/hares again.”
Carolyn Martin’s poems have appeared in more than 200 publications throughout the United States, Europe, and Australia. She is blissfully retired—and resting—in Clackamas, Oregon, where she delights in gardening, feral cats, and backyard birds.
