Pokeberry juice lingered on her lips—
her fingers, chin. She grinned, her lust
-rous eyes dazzling, proud—yet
puzzled I was not pleased with her
foraging skills—the way Eve
looked at God.
Nancy Heiss is a doctoral student in the Literacies and Children’s Literature program at the University of Georgia. Her research focuses on how religious identity affects the way children and adolescents interact with literature and how literature can promote informed understandings of and between various religions and cultures. Her poetry and essays have been published by BCC Press, WordPeace, W-Poesis, and The Friend.
