sky cloaked in smoke
only fires
breathe easy
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Lana Hechtman Ayers shepherded over 150 poetry collections into print as managing editor for three small presses. Her latest collection of poems is A Hole in the Night (Blue Light Press, 2026). She lives in Oregon on unceded lands of the Yaqo’n people with her beloved husband and fur babies. On clear, quiet nights she can hear the Pacific ocean whispering to the moon.
Perfect.