200
acres of space
that
I was afraid to explore
between
the fishers, coyotes, and cougars
my
father warned me about
“if
a cougar attacks you,” he’d say
“your
only chance
is
to pull out its eye”
Elisha May Rubacha lives, writes, and
gardens in Peterborough, ON. She was a finalist for Peterborough's Outstanding
Emerging Artist Award (2018), and shortlisted for the PRISM International Creative Non-fiction Contest (2016). Her work
has been published by Apt. 9 Press, Electric
City Magazine, Puddles of Sky Press, Bywords,
The Steel Chisel, and Skirt Quarterly, with a publication from
Exile forthcoming. She is the editor
and designer of bird, buried press.
the
Tuesday poem is curated by rob mclennan
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