Lakes
You lighten nouns when you speak,
hollowing out the pith, softly chipping
away with a small bone from the tall
grass, coyotes: floating water lilies.
You place them all clouds. You come
here, sit at the table, eat dinner, wildered.
You cast gazes. What is it about you that
lakes? What is it about you home?
Jess Gersony is a poet and plant biologist investigating how plants are responding to climate change in the Alaskan arctic tundra, the forests of New England, and the Atacama desert in Chile. Her poetry has appeared in The Sycamore Review.