“Necropolis” by Laura Swearingen-Steadwell

A poem by alum Laura Swearingen-Steadwell (poetry, ’14) appears at The Collagist:

Out of town, down
along the cliffs and walls
sunken in surrounding earth,

ahead for miles, the towns, farms,
vineyards, and gentle hills of Umbria,
gold and orange, soaking up the open sun,

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