Our mamas and aunts whisper weathered quilt lullabies as they rock us to sleep. Heady honeysuckle breezes tousle our hair. In the staccato calls of cardinals, the trills of Kentucky warblers, the shrill half-notes of chickadees, we hear songs before we learn to talk. We are told stories of coal mines and collapses, of thistled […]
Lucretia Voigt
Lucretia Voigt was born and bred in the Appalachian mountains of Eastern Kentucky. She currently resides in the small town of Wyoming, Ohio. A graduate of Eckerd College, she is currently enrolled in the Masters Program in Creative Writing at Queens University of Charlotte. She has previously published poems in Women Speak: Women of Appalachia Project anthology, as well as the Sheila-Na-Gig online journal.