I dreamt we could all
stand together
Nothing grand, like a rally,
fireworks, a graduation
Just watching something,
a concert,
a lecture,
a sunset
And then I woke to
the calling of the crows
Today, I will wave to
you from my tree and
maybe we can
sing
"Gather" is published here with the kind permisson of the author.
The ALL Review is pleased to present our How to Live series, poems chosen to help readers navigate these difficult and rapidly changing times.
Australian-born Katrin Talbot’s collection The Waiting Room for the Imperfect Alibis is forthcoming from Kelsay Books and she has 7 chapbooks*, two Pushcart Prize nominations and quite a few chickens. She also makes noise on the viola in the Madison Symphony Orchestra.
*Wrong Number is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press and she has six other chapbooks, The Blind Lifeguard and Freeze-Dried Love, from Finishing Line Press, Attached: Poetry of Suffix, The Little Red Poem & noun’d, verb, from dancing girl press, and St. Cecilia’s Daze, from Parallel Press.
Photo by Ariana Karp
April 2020
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