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  • Home
  • About/Submissions
  • Masthead
  • Featured Poets Series
    • 3 poems by Chris Prewitt
    • 3 poems by Taylor Byas
    • 3 Poems by David Hanlon
    • 3 poems by Bailey Grey
    • 2 Poems by Seán Griffin
    • 1 Poem by Jarrett Moseley
    • 3 Poems by Hannah Cajandig-Taylor
  • Issues
    • Issue 1
    • Issue 1.5: Hozier-inspired
    • Issue 2
    • Issue 3: Recovery
    • Issue 3.5: Lana Del Rey
    • Special Summer Solstice Prose Issue
    • Issue 4.1
    • Issue 4.2
    • Still Standing
Wearing Down

He explained
erosion to her,
while on the road,
the rough face
of the earth worn
by water,
             wind,
             wave,
like how my palm
             cupped his cheek,
             his stubble scraping
             the book-soft skin
             of my hand.
Wide-eyed, our girl
listened, watched
mountains fly by
outside her window,
the rubber of tires
leveling tread.
Boulder
             releases stone,
             rock becomes
             ​sand.

Kersten Christianson is a raven-watching, moon-gazing, high school English-teaching Alaskan.  She serves as poetry editor of the quarterly journal Alaska Women Speak. Her latest collection of poetry, Curating the House of Nostalgia, will publish in 2020 (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions).  Kersten holds an MFA from the University of Alaska. www.kerstenchristianson.com
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