The bearded vulture is monogamous, and lays two eggs: biological insurance. The larger chick always, always kills the younger, even with an abundance of food, easy water, good weather. The blue-throated bee-eater, the osprey, the white-bellied swiftlet— the bonebreaker is not alone in its tragedy. I gouged my sister’s name, […]
Colleen S. Harris
Colleen S. Harris (she/her) holds an MFA from Spanding University. Author of four books and three chapbooks, her most recent poetry collections include The Light Becomes Us (Main Street Rag, 2025) and Toothache in the Bone (boats against the current, 2025). Her poems appear in Berkeley Poetry Review, The Louisville Review, Salvation South, and Cider Press Review, among others. Follow at https://colleensharris.com