the parameters of a continent or a country each hair grass-like the flank a stretch of plains topographical small hill the ribs here large roots across dirt paths slight elevation in a bone and the eye visible in profile might be a destination or a scenic spot like a wide lake a waterfall the ears […]
Terri McCord
Terri McCord is a visual artist as well as poet. She loves interweaving nature with lyricism and the visual. She has work forthcoming in Jarnal Journal, Straylight Literary Review, and Otis Nebula. She is a Best of the Net nominee (including 2026) and Pushcart nominee. She is a former Thimble contributor.
The Making of Horses
I made horses out of fuzzed pipe cleaners, and then my hand, middle finger curved just so to form the horse’s bowed head, and sometimes lifted the index finger when the horse reared and said “neigh” and I […]
Palm:
Does this show? The magic trick of pulling an electric string from the palm. Here, take this money, fold the fingers into a fist the fingernail indenting that tender spot. Make it disappear flat like a desert, the underbelly that can sweat when nervous. […]