“Pictograph” by Rebecca Foust (poetry ’10)

Poetry alumn Rebecca Foust was recently featured on Tikkun. Read an excerpt of “Pictograph” and find a link to the full text below:

Pictograph

For every tree burned in this wildfire
we used to call summer, a new spire of light.
For every ruck of Tamarack blown down
by the derecho, a meadow, sometimes
with blueberries. Also, lupine & daisy
in drift by the road. For the bright leaves
that fall, winter sunsets in thrall,
gashed garnet & amber behind bare branches.

Continue reading here: Rebecca Foust | Tikkun