by Marianne BremsA river’s insistent movement loosens things, like a constant changing of garments. The perimeters of rocks join the flow that smooths their edges. Sediment fills hollow places among raw protrusions. Cattails and branches decay. Turtles graze. Beavers build dams. Aspen roots cleanse. Ospreys and grebes hunt. Frogs and trout spawn. All lay down their footprint in a stew of birth, transformation, and death, leaving a community caught permanently between no longer and yet. Marianne Brems’ two poetry chapbooks are Sliver of Change (Finishing Line Press, 2020) and Unsung Offerings (Finishing Line Press, 2021). Her poems have also appeared in literary journals including The Pangolin Review, Nightingale & Sparrow, The Sunlight Press, and The Tiny Seed Literary Journal. She lives and cycles in Northern California. Website: www.mariannebrems.com.
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