“The Frigate Bird Will Not Land” by Brook J. Sadler (Fiction ’25)

Fiction alum Brook J. Sadler has a new poem in The Dodge. Read an excerpt below.

Headshot of writer Brook Sadler

The Frigate Bird Will Not Land

The frigate bird rides the wind and skims
the sea for fish at the surface, and if it must,
it steals what it needs to eat from other birds.
It can go on like this for more than a week.

Read the rest of the poem: The Frigate Bird Will Not Land