August Body

Maura MacNeil

for BES

After your death murmurations flew wild across my tongue—

I blared your death through hollowed bones.
I beat your grave with sticks and stones.

I stuffed my mouth with fallen leaves
to silence away the longest notes.

Will you come back to me?

Will you come back to me?

Will you come back to me?

 

Maura MacNeil received her MFA in Poetry from Vermont College and her poems and prose have been published in literary journals over the past thirty years. She is the author of A History of Water (Finishing Line Press 2007) and her poetry has been nominated four times for a Pushcart Prize. She teaches writing to both undergraduate and graduate students at New England College where she is Professor of Writing.

 

Eva-Lynn (Evie) Loy is an artist, expressive art therapist and teacher. Since moving to the beautiful Monadnock region of New Hampshire in 2004, Evie’s passion for creating art has been, joyfully, reignited. Her artistic vision often reflects an image with new colors that show the spirit of the subject rather than how it might actually, appear. Her work has appeared in national and regional juried shows as well as many local exhibits.