She takes the hill slowly, rises to the lake’s rim, counts off the seconds the wood ducks dip below the surface—twelve or thirteen, their small lungs suspending breath. They reappear, cluster, glide away in wavy lines. Further up the trail the northern flicker clings to a red cedar, dangles five feet above the weave of […]
Annette Sisson
Annette Sisson lives in Nashville, TN, and teaches at Belmont University. Her poems appear in Valparaiso Poetry Review, Birmingham Poetry Review, Rust & Moth, Citron Review, Cumberland River Review, and many other journals. Her second book, Winter Sharp with Apples, was published by Terrapin Books 10/1/24. Her first book, Small Fish in High Branches, was published by Glass Lyre Press (5/22). In 2024 one of her poems was a finalist for the Charles Simic Poetry Prize and two were nominated for The Pushcart Prize.