“An Loc” by Elisabeth Lewis Corley (Poetry ’10)

Poetry alum Elisabeth Lewis Corley’s poem, “An Loc,” was featured in The Wrath-Bearing Tree.

Read an excerpt below.

Headshot of writer Elisabeth Lewis Corley

An Loc

Someone is running, there,
just out of call.
We all hear the air beaten into waves,
the chopping blades. I am afraid
I will see a face, I will fall.
As it is the hand, small with distance
claps the air.

Read the rest of the poem: An Loc.