Martha McCollough
Moon
the moon smells like a burnt curl of caps / a dry garden
tilled by tiny blows / the grey gunpowder moon frowns
lonely for ocean / your cells / your half-full glass
the full moon hangs beside a streetlight—look, twins!
crescent, she rocks on her back / a boat in the daylit sky
tilled by tiny blows / the grey gunpowder moon frowns
lonely for ocean / your cells / your half-full glass
the full moon hangs beside a streetlight—look, twins!
crescent, she rocks on her back / a boat in the daylit sky
Martha McCollough is a writer living in Amherst, Massachusetts. She has an MFA in painting from Pratt Institute. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Bear Review, Tammy, Pangyrus, Barrelhouse, Crab Creek Review, and Salamander, among others. Her chapbook, Grandmother Mountain was published by Blue Lyra Press. Martha's poetry collection, Wolf Hat Iron Shoes, is forthcoming from Lily Poetry Review Books in March, 2022.