Night Owl by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
The author of the bestselling World of Wonders turns her nature-loving pen to the surreal splendor of nighttime. The magic that unfolds during the night transforms nature, not unlike how love transforms us and our relationships with others, all of which she explores here.
In a recent guest post, she said, “The nighttime world keeps offering small gifts, even in the face of so much injustice and destruction. My poems hope to gather those moments (while not ignoring the very real pain and suffering of so many lives) and set them gently before the reader. In this way—when I have my writing hat on—I feel like a crow, offering up a collection of tinsel, buttons, or a bit of a calico scallop shell on a gentle person’s windowsill.”
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