Damien Uriah
Ceremony
A boy uses a stick
to dig a narrow hole
in the loam beneath cedars
breaking the thread-like white of mycelium
which reactivates
around the body of a squirrel
he found dead on the road
far from home
in the hush of rain.
Damien Uriah grew up on the Oklahoma side of the Ozark mountains. He currently lives in Spokane, WA where he writes and teaches. In addition to being a poet, Damien is a stone-mason, gardener, and musician. His poems are published or forthcoming in The Cimarron Review, Hawaii Pacific Review, Heron Tree, About Place Journal, The Swamp, and The Pacific Northwest Inlander, as well as others. He received his MFA from Eastern Washington University.
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A boy uses a stick
to dig a narrow hole
in the loam beneath cedars
breaking the thread-like white of mycelium
which reactivates
around the body of a squirrel
he found dead on the road
far from home
in the hush of rain.
Damien Uriah grew up on the Oklahoma side of the Ozark mountains. He currently lives in Spokane, WA where he writes and teaches. In addition to being a poet, Damien is a stone-mason, gardener, and musician. His poems are published or forthcoming in The Cimarron Review, Hawaii Pacific Review, Heron Tree, About Place Journal, The Swamp, and The Pacific Northwest Inlander, as well as others. He received his MFA from Eastern Washington University.
Return to November 2020 Edition