“endangered” by Heather Lang-Cassera
endangered
the sun will rose-quartz
the sky as lizard tracks barbwire
their way throughout
the yellow desert daisies
tonight broken-glass
memories make night-new constellations
as siblings
like fallen pinecones gesture
toward everyone but themselves
are these clouds
what love might become
disappearing bighorn sheep
that whisper
with everything that has
been
unsaid
Featured art: “Feeling Blue and Green” by Abigail Chase Miller
Heather Lang-Cassera is Clark County, Nevada, Poet Laureate Emeritus (2019-2021). She is a founder, publisher, and editor of Tolsun Books. Heather serves Nevada State College as a Lecturer teaching College Success, Creative Writing, Professional Editing and Publishing, and more, where she is also a Faculty Advisor for their literary magazine, 300 Days of Sun. Heather’s poetry has been etched into a downtown sidewalk by the City of Las Vegas, and her poems and fiction have been published in Las Vegas Writes, Lumina, The Normal School, North American Review, Paper Darts, Raleigh Review, South Dakota Review, and elsewhere. In September of 2021, Unsolicited Press published Heather’s full-length poetry collection, Gathering Broken Light, the writing of which was supported, in part, by a Nevada Arts Council grant.
heatherlang.cassera.net
Abigail Chase Miller (MA, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2019) is from New York City and captures fleeting precious moments in her paintings. Her work balances and reflect her knowledge of color in combination with appealing compositions from her daily walks always in search for the next ideal composition to paint. Her paintings have been part of public installations in Savannah and Atlanta. In addition, she has been exhibited in galleries in Atlanta and the Tampa Bay area. Her work was featured in ARTS ATL, Voyage ATL and the Best of Tampa Bay Magazine.
@abigailchasemiller | abigailchasemiller.com