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Original White Animals Tracy Philpot 1-932418-13-X $13.00 ©2005 order this title       Tracy Philpot lives just outside Seldovia, Alaska, a remote community accessible only by plane or boat, in a little cabin with her husband, son, and animals. She received her Ph.D. and MA from the University of Denver, and now works as an advocate for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Her first book, Incorrect Distances, was published by the University of Georgia Press.
from Original White Animals
Solace on the Solstice The crow is dragging a homespun feather looking for someone in the parking lot how can she be gone how can she be going how can anyone into the salmon-colored sky of trees shaking above the hills so quiet here I married myself If I watch birds long enough I may crack the code of relationship to print her name in hollow bones The crow waits under the moon the half-moon on the water homeless for the bay rain is not alone the river in the loft runs beside my bed She was everyone that discontinued halfway through the natural year (it sucks) and now the consolation of light will dovetail from brutal to mournful which is familiar with me the cramp's last breath Every poem looks for its rightful sacrament to melt away the last remaining doubt— this one scares me because it won't