Sunday, June 24, 2012

Amber Nelson

from Birds of the World Unite



Humboldt Penguin Meets Brown Pelican

in the open
air—noses

into breath
swim mighty

& light—away
into the dark



Blyth’s Tragopan

a bright beacon
oranges of

loss or rather
of losing



Keel-Billed Toucan

yellow light

sharpened
against the branches


Amber Nelson is the co-founder and poetry editor of the online journal and chapbook press alice blue review and alice blue books. Her first full-length book, In Anima: Urgency is forthcoming from Coconut Books (2013).