I went outside so I could hear the sky not cranes nor wind but a secret song I know I need a craving brutal I went outside to smell a feeling long lost to me I’ve gone outside to see what I am missing I know it’s here I know it’s here I go outside to taste air breathed by blossom I’m here outside to scrub this stain of melancholy something happens anywhere but outside holds the door
Lucy Griffith lives beside the Guadalupe River near Comfort, Texas. As a retired psychologist, she explored the imagined life of the Burro Lady of West Texas in her debut collection, We Make a Tiny Herd, earning both the Wrangler and Willa Prizes. Her second collection, Wingbeat Atlas, was published by FlowerSong Press. She has been a Bread Loaf Scholar and a Certified Master Naturalist. She is always happiest on a tractor named Mabel.
11/8 / Meet the Artist with visiting poet-in-residence Ruby Hansen Murray / The Library at The Betsy-South Beach, Miami Beach, FL / Live and Live-Streamed on Instagram Live/Facebook Live at @swwimmiami / 6:00 pm EST / Free
11/8 / Poetry Reading with visiting poet-in-residence Ruby Hansen Murray and local poet Judy Ireland / The Library at The Betsy-South Beach, Miami Beach, FL / Live and Live-Streamed on Instagram Live/Facebook Live at @swwimmiami / 7:30 pm EST / Free
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