Anna Cates

OLD FAITHFUL

in Wyoming wilderness
a friend and I
paused in sight
of a steaming

geyser
while the sunset screamed
in orange and violet
fire!

               snow
               glistening in a dog bowl
               first stars

Anna Cates is a graduate of Indiana State University (M.A. English and Ph.D. Curriculum & Instruction/English) and National University (M.F.A. Creative Writing). Her first collections of poetry and fiction, The Meaning of Life and The Frog King, were published by Cyberwit Press, and her second poetry collection, The Darkroom, by Prolific Press. Her collection of previously published haibun, The Golem & the Nazi, recently appeared via Red Moon Press. She is a member of the Tower Poets of the Yellow Springs, Ohio area and currently resides in Wilmington. She teaches education and English online as an adjunct professor.
 
 
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