in a landscape
Linda Umans
this sand this vehicle this bounce and drag
these red dune elephants this mirror this reverie
this reverb why this reflection this now
(rhetorical, I really know) this flight
between the rain and the river
this bromeliad view this wet breath
on the forest floor these roots above the litter
this hazard this almost-desiccation
this drizzle this desert-adapted life
this thriving this now
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Linda Umans enjoyed a long teaching career in the New York City public schools. Recent publications include poems in qarrtsiluni, Terrain.org, The Broome Street Review, Theodate, DIALOGIST, Switched-on Gutenberg, Spillway, Composite {Arts Magazine} and pieces in Mr. Beller's Neighborhood.