for Rayna A small figure out on the ice grows small against the distance, not quite skimming yet, slide stepping into harmless pratfalls—a blade gone errantly out or in against the inductive of balance. “Not too far!” her mother calls. “The ice is thick.” Across the lake an auger drills infinitely into the crust. Trout […]
Chard deNiord
Chard deNiord is Vermont's poet laureate and lives in Westminster West. "December 10th" is from Night Mowing, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005.
