Forget that you are an animal
Forget ancient rummaging,
pigs wild in their snouts
Forget that you ran with them,
wild between trees
wild in your cheer
-Rebecca Gayle Howell
“What a cache of treasures this collection is, what a cache of jewels. […] All are reminders of what the best, briefest poems can do: give back the world to us, as it passes, in the mirror of a few well-chosen words.”
-Cecilia Woloch
Other posts from Bigger Than They Appear:
- “Cheeseburgers” by Dean Crawford
- “A Poet’s Night” by A. H. Jerriod Avant
- “Subjubctive” by Andrew Merton
- “A Day at the Chemo Spa” by Cristina Trapani-Scott
- “January Wind/Isaiah” by Martha Gehringer
Rebecca Gayle Howell’s poems and translations appear in such publications as Ninth Letter, Massachusetts Review, Ecotone, Indiana Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, and Poetry Daily.