Precariously,
the sycamores perch
on the river bank.
Tangled roots,
unearthed,
claw the gravel.
Yellow leaves litter
the ground
like unanswered letters
or debts too high
to be forgiven.
Before a Winter
Agnes Vojta grew up in Germany and now lives in Rolla, Missouri where she teaches physics at Missouri S&T and hikes the Ozarks. She is the author of Porous Land, The Eden of Perhaps, and A Coracle for Dreams (Spartan Press), and her fourth collection Love Song to Gravity has come out from Stubborn Mule Press in 2025. Her poems have appeared in a variety of magazines; you can read some of them on her website agnesvojta.com.
Congratulations Agnes. Beautiful poem. Keep going! You are a Woman Unleashed! Wishing you every Blessing.