canyon switchback
each autumn
narrows the trail
Author: Marcie Wessels
Marcie Wessels (she/her) is a children’s author and a Touchstone Award nominated poet who made her debut in skipping stones: Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2022. She recently served as Guest Editor for whiptail: journal of the single-line poem, where she regularly serves as Feature Editor.
teenager’s room
dust on the book
of fairy tales
dappled lichen
an empty nest at the end
of quarantine