Mad Again
Written by Laine Derr. Posted in Poetry.
Rather than Mars, she traveled
to Oregon, spent days writing
before rivers turned cobalt blue
or the sky seeped a fine, red mist.
In quietness, she sees herself,
a skylight sounding rhythms
of lightly falling rain, an inked
body mistaking death for depth.
Laine Derr
Laine Derr holds an MFA from Northern Arizona University and has published interviews with Carl Phillips, Ross Gay, and Ted Kooser. Recent work appears or is forthcoming from Barzakh, Santa Clara Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere.
