This poem is from the book Medicine Cache Under Lichen by William Prindle (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/medicine-cache-under-lichen-by-william-prindle/
Bill Prindle is deepening his voice in the third half of life. His poetry explores the seams between the human and nonhuman worlds, working to forge a new reciprocity that restores heart to our mutual life. He has won multiple Poetry Society of Virginia awards, and has been published in Verse-Virtual, Streetlight Magazine and its 2021 anthology, Sandy River Journal, Tupelo Press’ Thirty Days anthology, the Written River Journal, and the What Rough Beast journal. He has studied with Lisa Russ Spahr, Neil Perry, Gregory Orr, Sharon Olds, and C.K. Williams. He lives with his wife in the woods near Charlottesville, Virginia.
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