Winter broke its crown
but now it shoots out green;
on its empty top
birds perch and preen.
Good Friday, 2014
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J. S. Absher’s second full-length book of poetry, Skating Rough Ground, was published in 2022 by Kelsay Press. His poems have won awards from the North Carolina Poetry Society, BYU Studies Quarterly, and the journal Dialogue; and have been nominated four times for the Pushcart Prize. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife Patti.
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