Itself

My God, this giant hyssop,
purple, bees trembling
all over it and I
alive standing before its
tall offering to these bees
and the goldfinches:
itself, itself.

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Sally Nacker lives with her husband and two cats in a small house in the woods. Wild birds are her joy. She is a former recipient of the CT Audubon Society’s Trail Wood Sanctuary Artist & Writer-in-Residence Program in Hampton, CT. Publishing credits include ONE ART: a journal of poetry, Third Wednesday, The Sunlight Press, Canary, and The Orchards Poetry Journal. Prior books are Vireo, Night Snow, and Kindness in Winter. My Wild Yard is her new collection.