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POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
POETRY THAT ENACTS THE ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE PURITY OF GLASS
Brittany N. Jaekel writes from the Twin Cities and currently serves as the non-fiction editor at Great Lakes Review. Her debut poetry chapbook, The Witch's Mouth, was the 2024 Foster-Stahl Chapbook Series Selection and is forthcoming from Midwest Writing Center Press.
April 29, 2026
Flood Year
a cracked window becomes a sieve. in the house’s
exposed fascia: dark wounds of water.
fields become mudflats become shallow lakes.
the thaw. the hoarfrost.
the growth. the recession. the sudden
exponentiating surge.
the river goes still at twilight
when the cold continues its nightly
visit: black blanket.
now the old yellow stalks
multiply, reflect; next,
the trees: bundles of veins,
twice-tangled.
the white sky bandage covers
each field.
Spring flooding is common for Minnesota's Crow River, a tributary of the Mississippi River. The flooding dramatically, if temporarily, alters the landscape near where we live. Roads may close, buildings may be damaged, and familiar landmarks may be suddenly submerged. "Flood Year" describes scenes from when local flooding reached historic levels.
Glass: A Journal of Poetry is published weekly by Glass Poetry Press.
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