“From the Front Porch of an Airbnb in Belgrade, Montana” by Robin Rosen Chang (poetry ’18)
Poetry alumn Robin Rosen Chang was recently featured in B O D Y. Read an excerpt and find a link to the full text below:
From the Front Porch of an Airbnb in Belgrade, Montana
The heaviness here isn’t from the clouds,
low and ponderous as grief,
or the dark Bridger Mountains crouched below them.
It’s not from the vegetable garden with its overripe tomatoes
and cucumbers whose skin carries their own hurt.
It’s something about the goats.
When I go to see them, they rush
to the side of the pen where I stand:
two pygmy goats with swollen teats,
an obese billy with a scar on its face,
a goat that hobbles, its left hind leg
tucked beneath its body.
Continue reading here: Robin Rosen Chang | B O D Y
