We’re all saying the same thing now,
scolding the same shadow,
not in harmony,
but in sync
or by turns.
Singing that bar
about the flock
taking off
"as if" it were one body—
as if this was one body—
and who could be listening?
Rae ArmantroutRae Armantrout’s most recent book is Safe Rooms (Wesleyan, 2026). Her book Versed won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She is professor emerita at UC San Diego and currently lives in the Pacific Northwest.
Rae ArmantroutRae Armantrout’s most recent book is Safe Rooms (Wesleyan, 2026). Her book Versed won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She is professor emerita at UC San Diego and currently lives in the Pacific Northwest.