Something has nested
above my heart
Its musical notes
rise up like sighs
then fall like fledglings
trying too early to fly
I broke the bird
out of my ribcage
but it refused to leave
Dana Knott’s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The American Journal of Poetry, Bitter Oleander, Emrys Journal, and Parhelion. Currently, she is the Library Director at Antioch University in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
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