Omen
I knelt by the river
and looked
for a smooth stone
with a hole,
but the rock I found
was rough and riddled
with a network
of passages
sifting light and water,
sandstone worn
to fragile bridges
that are barely holding.
Agnes Vojta
Agnes
Vojta grew up in Germany and now lives in Rolla, Missouri where she teaches
physics at Missouri S&T. She is the author of Porous Land (Spartan Press, 2019). Her poems recently
appeared in Nixes Mate Review, The Blue Nib, As It Ought To Be Magazine,
Former People, Gasconade Review, Thimble Literary Magazine,
and elsewhere. Her website is agnesvojta.com.
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