David B. Hopes is Professor of Literature at UNC-Asheville, director of the Pisgah Players, director of Urthona Press and the Urthona Gallery in Asheville. He is a widely published poet, [...]
A thrush beats a snail against a stone. Two black necks of cormorants cross like wands. Cold light bounds on the far grassy fold, a horse of light, frisking and untamed. Alone. I’ve paid for [...]