Donna Isaac
Loud & Soft
Underneath the drone, the mumble of riverwater fingering stone,
more telling than voices from podium or pulpit.
©2019 Donna Isaac
Donna Isaac, poet and teaching artist, lives on a snowy pond in Minnesota, but her heart is in Virginia. Her latest publication is Footfalls (Pocahontas Press 2018), a paean to an Appalachian upbringing. donnaisaacpoet.com
Sally Toner
Survivor
I am sand in a conch, descending—down, down, round upon
round. Crushed to a diamond shine, I know a drill of light will find me.
©2019 Sally Toner
Sally Toner lives in Reston, Virginia with her husband and two daughters. Her first chapbook, Anansi and Friends, a mixed genre work focusing on diagnosis, treatment, and recovery from breast cancer, is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press in the summer of 2019. Visit her at sallytoner.com
30 for 30 is sponsored by Potomac Review
Donna, Your poem really resonated with me. Love your website too.
Thank you also to Sally, That’s quite an image you leave us with. If my desk were looking out into those woods, I might opt to stay.