feathers of fog drift down the hill
chest heavy, reverberating
quiet grows wet, breath laden
neat, blond wedges in knuckled-branch anarchy
the handle’s warm,
blade clean and cold, nicks across the edge
sparks spiral into night
chopping wood
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Patrick Dobson
Patrick Dobson was founded in 1962. He is a writer, scholar, ironworker, and poet who lives in Kansas City, MO. He is author of two books with the University of Nebraska Press, Seldom Seen: A Journey into the Great Plains (2009) and Canoeing the Great Plains: A Missouri River Summer (May 2015). Dobson is a work in progress until termination. View all posts by Patrick Dobson