Weathering Grief, Elizabeth Spencer Spragins

daylight takes her leave
and packs away her paintings—
the ache of evening
fingers each beloved rock
lined by centuries of loss


~Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA

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Elizabeth Spencer Spragins has taught in American community colleges for more than a decade. Her work has been published extensively in Europe, Asia, and North America. She is the author of With No Bridle for the Breeze: Ungrounded Verse (Shanti Arts Publishing) and The Language of Bones: American Journeys Through Bardic Verse (Kelsay Books).

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