Randi Ward
Water Hose
My terrible thirst
slurps hoses
to hissing
water moccasins.
Snake
Second nature
for you
to slough us off
between crumbling
cinder blocks.
Randi Ward is a writer, translator, lyricist and photographer from West Virginia. She earned her MA in Cultural Studies from the University of the Faroe Islands and is a recipient of The American-Scandinavian Foundation's Nadia Christensen Prize. Her work has appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal, Cimarron Review, Anthology of Appalachian Writers, Vencil: Anthology of Contemporary Faroese Literature and other publications. For more information, please visit her website: www.randiward.com/about
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My terrible thirst
slurps hoses
to hissing
water moccasins.
Snake
Second nature
for you
to slough us off
between crumbling
cinder blocks.
Randi Ward is a writer, translator, lyricist and photographer from West Virginia. She earned her MA in Cultural Studies from the University of the Faroe Islands and is a recipient of The American-Scandinavian Foundation's Nadia Christensen Prize. Her work has appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal, Cimarron Review, Anthology of Appalachian Writers, Vencil: Anthology of Contemporary Faroese Literature and other publications. For more information, please visit her website: www.randiward.com/about
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