St. Paul, mid-January, car to daycare, typical sidewalk patchwork: compacted snow, scraped concrete, shiny ice, a sharp, abbreviated slip that doesn’t quite end with a fall. I hate the ice, I say. What even is the job of ice? asks my son. In summer I detailed the jobs of worms, mosquitos, rain, bees, convincing him […]
Merie Kirby
Merie Kirby grew up in California and now lives in North Dakota. She teaches at the University of North Dakota. She is the author of two chapbooks, The Dog Runs On and The Thumbelina Poems. Her poems have been published in Rogue Agent, Orange Blossom Review, FERAL, Strange Horizons, and other journals. You can find her online at www.meriekirby.com.